Many of my students love a good manicure. Sometimes, they come in with full-on talons. The youth love manicures. As such, the recent viral headlines about gel nail polish lamps and cancer matter to them. #scicomm But what did the original research really study? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-35876-8#Sec12 (CHECK OUT THIS GREAT RM IMAGE FROM THE ORIGINAL RESEARCH!!!) This short NPR story by Rachel Treisman is a great summary. The NPR audio story is accompanied by a written report. In that report, Treisman succinctly summarizes the methodology: https://www.npr.org/2023/01/26/1151332361/gel-nails-cancer-manicure-safe 1. Let's talk about science communication. The NPR story is accurate science reporting. However, most of the headlines don't mention that a) some of the evidence came from mice cells, and they measured cell mutations but not cancer. 2. Let's talk about factorial ANOVA The researchers used a 3 (cell types: human 1, hu...