Claims about new scientific breakthroughs often appear in the media. If such a claim is made in each of the following, which media source should be considered most reliable?

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anonymous · Answer

Peer-reviewed journals

 Popular magazines

 Internet websites

 Newspaper advertisements

anonymous · Answer

Where do scientists publish their results?

anonymous · Answer

internet websites

anonymous · Answer

or possible peer reviewed journals

anonymous · Answer

Peer reviewed journals is correct. When a scientist talks about getting "published", he/she is not talking about posting something on his/her blog, but rather getting a research paper accepted by a peer-reviewed journal. If something is published in a journal, that also means that it's been checked over by other scientists to see if it's been done properly, and that means it's more reliable than an article posted somewhere else.

anonymous · Answer

thanks calliope :)