Editorial standards

Confidence is stated, not implied

Every claim carries a level of certainty and we try to make that level visible in the sentence rather than leaving it to the reader to infer. Where a result comes from cultured cells, we say so. Where it comes from animal work, we say so, and we note that translation to people is the hard part rather than a formality.

We separate finding from interpretation

What was measured and what it might mean are different statements. We keep them in different sentences.

No advice, by policy

We do not tell readers what to take, avoid, start or stop. This is a deliberate editorial limit, not an oversight. Individual health decisions depend on individual circumstances that a publication cannot know.

Language discipline

We avoid breakthrough, miracle, cure and reverses ageing unless quoting someone, in which case the quotation marks are doing the work. Words that promise more than the evidence supports are treated as errors.

Corrections

When we get something wrong we correct it on the page, describe what changed, and leave the correction visible. We do not quietly edit and move on.

Conflicts

We take no payment for coverage in any form. If a piece touches an organisation we have any relationship with, that relationship is disclosed in the piece itself.