Explainers

How research actually works, in the language you already speak. One piece every few days.

• How to Tell If a Study Is Reliable in Five Minutes

  A reliable study has a clear method, a fair comparison group, a sensible sample size, and no hidden conflicts of interest influencing the result.

  4 October 2026
• Preprints vs Peer Review: What Actually Changes

  A preprint is a paper shared online before scientists check it, while a peer-reviewed paper has been scrutinised, challenged and usually revised first.

  1 October 2026
• A P-Value Explained Simply, Plus Three Common Mistakes

  A p-value shows how likely your data would be if there were no real effect, not whether the finding is true, important, or unlikely to be chance.

  28 September 2026
• What Statistically Significant Really Means

  Statistically significant means a result is unlikely to be due to chance alone, not that it is important, large, useful in practice, or definitely true.

  25 September 2026
• How to Read a Scientific Paper: The Order That Works

  Read the abstract, then the figures and results, then the methods, then the discussion, and leave the introduction until last.

  21 September 2026