I don't think the right take away is to not trust science. But a degree of checking for yourself and a certain suspicion of brand new results that are surprisin

I don't think the right take away is to not trust science. But a degree of checking for yourself and a certain suspicion of brand new results that are surprising isn't completely misplaced. A great way to learn this is to buy an engineering book from the early 1900's, you'll find chapters that were completely debunked often, not just evolved. We seem to forget this and assume all we know now must be true, but we also accept that even 50 years ago they believed wrong things and put them in engineering and science books.