The two states of water & science sleuths | The chemical breakdown podcast

This week, we discuss the peculiarities of water's behaviour and how science sleuths are fighting disinformation with Philip Robinson and Emma Pewsey.

A recent study from researchers at Stockholm University has found the existence of a critical point in supercooled water, which could prove the existence of two types of water. How did they do it, and what does this mean for our understanding of this fundamental substance?

And, in the growing age of disinformation, how can we equip ourselves to discern fact from false data? We discuss the latest wave of science sleuths aiming to provide us the tools.

Resources to start your sleuthing:

• Learn about best practice with the Cosig collection of open science integrity guides
• Engage in post-publication peer review at PubPeer
• Software for detecting image manipulation: ImageTwin and Proofig
• Keep up to date on the latest problem papers identified using the Problematic Paper Screener and Retraction Watch Database