A broad research source network
We find stories through government agencies, universities, national laboratories, scientific organizations and journals—then trace each one to the most direct paper, report, registry or mission record available.
Current library at a glance
The active 2026 library is intentionally mixed. No publisher family supplies more than one-fifth of the current reviews. That limit is an editorial target, not a judgment that a particular journal is unreliable.
What each source does
- Government agencies
- Supply public-health reports, mission observations, technical measurements, repositories and authoritative context.
- Universities and research organizations
- Help discover new work and identify the researchers, methods and institutional context. Their releases are leads, not independent validation.
- Primary papers and reports
- Anchor claims, methods, sample details, limitations, funding and disclosures whenever the record is available.
- Registries and repositories
- Help verify identifiers, planned trial outcomes, government funding and archived technical material.
How we choose a story
- Search across multiple government, university and research-organization feeds instead of relying on one publisher.
- Locate the primary paper, report, dataset, registry entry or mission record when one is available.
- Check what was actually studied, how large the evidence base was and whether the claim outruns the design.
- Write a new explanation in our own language, clearly separating findings, interpretation and unanswered questions.
- Link readers to the source organization and primary record, and correct the page when the evidence record changes.
Current source organizations and publications
This is a live count of the source labels in the 2026 research library. A journal is shown when an older launch record was sourced directly from the paper.
Copyright and reuse
Facts, measurements and discoveries are reported in original editorial language. We do not copy abstracts, press releases, article text, photographs, figures or charts merely because they appear on a government or university website. Some material on .gov sites is third-party or otherwise protected, so reuse rights are checked item by item.
Our source links are citations and reading paths; they do not imply endorsement by the agency, university, journal or researchers.