Choosing a subject
We publish a subject when there is something specific to say about it and enough material to say it accurately. A topic being popular is not a reason to cover it; a topic being widely misunderstood usually is.
We favour subjects where the evidence is clear enough to report but the public account of it is not — a study whose findings have been overstated, a technology described in terms that do not match what it does, a statistic repeated without its context.
Sourcing
Claims are traced to their origin. Where an article rests on research, we work from the study itself rather than from coverage of it, and we look at what was actually measured, in whom, and how many.
Sources are linked in the body of the article, at the point where the claim is made, so that a reader can check any specific statement without reconstructing the whole argument from a list at the end.
What we do not claim
A single study is not a conclusion. Where findings are preliminary, contested or based on small samples, the article says so. Where an association has been found but causation has not been established, we do not describe it as a cause.
Headlines are held to the same standard as the text beneath them. If a headline promises more than the article supports, the headline is wrong.
Verification
Before publication, every article goes through a dedicated verification pass. Each figure, date, study, quotation and attribution is checked against its source. Anything that cannot be verified is removed, or explicitly presented as uncertain.
This is a separate step, not a final read-through. An article that cannot survive it does not publish.
Images
Illustrations are labelled as illustrations. An image that was created to accompany an article is never presented as a photograph, a document or a record of an event.
Photographs and other real images are credited in their caption, with their source.
Independence
No article is sponsored, commissioned or reviewed by a commercial party. We do not accept products in exchange for coverage. Where a page carries advertising, it is clearly distinct from editorial content and has no bearing on what we publish.
Corrections
When we get something wrong, we correct it. Substantive corrections — anything that changes the meaning of a claim — are noted on the article itself rather than made silently.
If you have found an error, write to contact@threadeducation.com with the article link and the passage concerned. Reader corrections are treated as part of the editorial process, not as complaints.
Last updated: août 2026.