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Communicating Uncertainty in a Soundbite

Communicating Uncertainty in a Soundbite offers some effective ways for scientists to talk about uncertainty in a brief news interview. It covers the big questions:

* Why is science uncertain?
* Why do scientists disagree?
* Why can't scientists always give an answer?
* Why do scientists change their minds?
* Why can scientific studies appear to contradict each other?

The content of this guide was compiled by a working group of scientists, press officers and journalists.
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