Science and journalism's 'conflict over truth' Scientists often complain that journalists - in search of attention-grabbing headlines - misrepresent their work through simplification and exaggeration. Journalists often complain that scientists are unwilling to explain what they do to the public. The Today programme's guest editor this morning - the president of The Royal Society, Sir Paul Nurse - wants to bridge that gap, so he took presenter John Humphrys on a tour of his lab at Cancer Research UK to see science in action.