Dr Lena Vogel
research scientist
Rigorous; replication is everything
Viral
Kai tests a household remedy on bacteria, and social media declares it a breakthrough.
Planned · not started yet
Science & evidence in everyday life Ethics & integrity Living with uncertainty School or campus Lightly witty Tense
The premise
Kai tests a household remedy on bacteria, and social media declares it a breakthrough. As strangers share it, Kai learns that the result may be wrong, and that a scientist’s job is to try hardest to prove yourself mistaken.
The protagonist
Kai Rosenthal-Tavares — 16-year-old whose science-fair result goes viral
The council
Every council member is an original fictional character. None represents, quotes or is endorsed by a real person.
Simon Yilmaz
science teacher
Encouraging; mistakes are data
Dr Riya Shah
journal editor
Sceptical; extraordinary claims need evidence
How the story moves
From viral fame to a careful replication; the result fails to replicate, and Kai’s public correction becomes the story. Absorbs the former Shared concept.
What readers take away
- The scientific method
- Controls and variables
- Sample size and chance
- Replication
- Peer review
- How misinformation spreads
- Correcting a public mistake
- Thinking like a scientist
- Calculate simple statistics on results
- Write a lab report
- Respond to criticism constructively
- Use fact-checking tools
The books
- 1The result Planned
- 2Viral Planned
- 3Replication Planned
- 4Truth Planned
Book titles are working titles and may change before publication. No book is on sale until the complete series is finished, checked and released.