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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Spoiler alert: It's a research program for over 20 years at Northeastern University to understand the impact of steroid abuse in teens.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4720269/

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[–] Contramuffin 84 points 2 weeks ago (21 children)

Here's a fun game: describe your research/interest in a similar way that Fox/Republicans use to describe research. The more misleading it is from the actual research, the better.

I'll start: watch how tired mice get when they get sick

(determine the mechanism of how microbial contact affects host circadian rhythms)

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (10 children)

I study how fast poison leaking into the ground is cleaned up by microbes, and how it's possible to protect drinking water sources from that poison.

I honestly don't know how to phrase that so it sounds ridiculous or useless.

[–] Eranziel 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'll take a stab at it.

"Researchers spend $X to see whether poison leaking into the ground gets into our water."

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Researchers Poison Groundwater!

[–] Contramuffin 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

No, that would implicitly admitthat pollution happens, which would never occur on Fox. Better version might be "see if dirt absorbs poison"

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