Can numbers lie? If you read the above headline and drew a sharp inward breath, well, calm down. Earth is not necessarily about to burst into flames — the statistics are misleading.
Asteroid odds of hitting Earth double
Impactful: New calculations suggest that the large asteroid approaching Earth might now miss our planet completely, and instead collide with the Moon. Glossary
Apocalyptic - Referring to the end of the world, or the collapse of civilisation.
Catastrophising - Imagining the worst possible outcome of an action or event.
Unethical - Not morally right.
Correlation - A connection between two things in which one thing changes as the other does, but it is not necessarily the case that one thing has caused the other to change.
Causation - The principle that nothing can happen without a cause.
Logical fallacies - Arguments that may sound convincing or true but are actually flawed.
Nuanced - Having or characterized by subtle and often appealingly complex qualities, aspects, or distinctions.