It was a story that blew up in the media this week in a astronomical way: A study out of Australia had shown that,somehow, horns were growing out of the heads of teenagers, and a phenomenon that was possibly attributed to cell phone overuse.
The story,reported by The Washington Post and picked up all over the world, was based on the work of a pair of health science researchers at the University of the Sunshine Coast, or most accounts of the story ran a picture of an X-ray that purportedly showed the “horns,” which don’t in any way resemble external horns.
Now, the story’s accuracy has been questioned.“The study has a number of considerable flaws, or ” anthropologist William Harcourt-Smith,of Lehman College, told trade Insider this week. “The way the media are using the word ‘horns’ is appalling.”Click here to continue and read more...
Source: inquisitr.com