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Did Patrick Moore, a Doubter of Anthropogenic Climate Change, Co-Found Greenpeace?

12 March 2019 - We definitely know that he was an early member of Greenpeace.

Was a Mars Rover’s Final Message to NASA ‘My Battery Is Low and It’s Getting Dark?’

18 February 2019 - A poetic interpretation of the Opportunity rover's final transmission from Mars went viral in February 2019.

Does Sniffing Rosemary Increase Memory by 75 Percent?

11 February 2019 - Such quantitative sounding claims are great for viral shares and page views but are meaningless when one digs into their origins.

Do People with Blue Eyes Have the Highest Alcohol Tolerance?

5 February 2019 - While a relationship between eye color and tolerance to alcohol may exist, the topic is far less clear than a meme suggests.

Are All These Chemicals Found in a Banana?

21 December 2018 - An “ingredients label” for a banana was created by a high school chemistry teacher as part of a lesson on chemophobia.

Will 2018 See the First Christmas Full Moon Since 1977?

21 December 2018 - Beware of memes that use relative temporal terms.

Was a Scientist Jailed After Discovering a Deadly Virus Delivered Through Vaccines?

8 December 2018 - Judy Mikovits did not discover a deadly virus delivered through vaccines; she was arrested for allegedly stealing equipment belonging to the Institute that fired her.

Will Looking at This Image Reveal How Stressed You Are?

1 December 2018 - It's mostly having to deal with stuff like this that stresses us out.

Is Rain That Falls in Smoky Areas After a Wildfire Likely to Be “Extremely Toxic”?

26 November 2018 - The one-two combination of wildfire and rain can produce some risks, but toxic rain is not one of them.

Did a 5G Cellular Network Test Cause Hundreds of Birds to Die?

13 November 2018 - The theory that a 5G network test caused the unexplained death of birds in The Hague relies on such a test's actually having taken place.

Did the USGS ‘Increase’ Yellowstone’s Volcanic Threat Level?

1 November 2018 - Viral reports mischaracterized the intent of an updated USGS volcanic threat assessment while also falsely stating that Yellowstone’s classification has changed in that assessment.