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Infodemic: Global Conversations on Science and Misinformation
Science in the Face of Natural Disasters
Season 1
Episode 6
Learn about the aftermath of the massive Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and the devastating Fukushima earthquake in Japan. Two scientific risk communicators, who weathered and survived these natural disasters, expose examples of bad science communication during crises and examine lessons in risk communication that apply to a global pandemic.
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Follow two myth-busters from Italy and Germany as they reveal their scientific approaches to debunking conspiracy theories, fake news, supernatural claims, and pseudoscience.
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Investigate disinformation and pseudoscience propagated by governments in India and Brazil.
14:33
Investigate the politicization of science across the United States and Saudi Arabia.
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Explore climate action and solutions for Sudan, France and the world with journalist and climate activist Lina Yassin and climate scientist François-Marie Bréon.
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Investigate the roots and repercussions of science denial, propaganda, and information suppression in the United States and China.