How we decide what to publish
Seven principles that every story has to meet.
1. Every claim is traceable
Each story names its primary source, a study, dataset or official report, and links to it. If we cannot find the primary source, the story does not run.
2. Numbers over adjectives
A verified figure with a baseline does the emotional work better than any superlative.
3. Honest about limits
Every story says what is not yet solved, the timescale, and the uncertainty. A hopeful story with caveats is more credible, not less.
4. No hype laundering
Press releases are leads, never sources. We treat words like breakthrough and cure as red flags to check, not headlines to repeat.
5. Progress, not positivity
The test is whether the world measurably improved, not whether a story makes us feel nice.
6. Corrections are welcome
When we get something wrong we fix it openly and quickly. See our corrections policy.
7. AI assists, humans decide
See how we use AI. A named human reviews and approves everything.