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Audio long read: Can giant surveys of scientists fight misinformation on COVID, climate change and more?

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Some 20,000 researchers will receive an email asking them if COVID-19 is caused by a virus. The emails are a test for a project by Peter Vickers to assess scientific consensus. He wants to set up a tool that widely probes degrees of scientific agreement on issues in public health and climate change. Observers say the projects might merely further politicise public debate.

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