Find a newspaper or magazine article or a report on the Internet that attempts to discredit a scientific hypothesis because it has not been proven, or a report of a new scientific hypothesis that has the potential to be controversial. Analyze the piece by doing the following: (1) determine its source (authors or organization); (2) detect an alternative hypothesis, if any, that is offered by the authors; (3) determine the primary objective of the authors (for example, to debunk the original hypothesis, to state an alternative hypothesis, or to raise new questions); (4) summarize the evidence given by the authors for their position; and (5) compare the authors’ evidence with the evidence for the original hypothesis. Write a report summarizing your analysis and compare it with those of your classmates.
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