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.
Science Archive
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.
Does This Video Show Water and a “Chemical” Turning Into “Milk”?
29 October 2018 - Numerous substances are liquid, white, and opaque, and not all of them are milk.
Does This Video Show a Woman Recording the “Sounds of a Sunflower”?
25 October 2018 - A viral video captures a woman using a musical tool to translate changes in a plant’s conductivity to an ethereal sounding, but likely meaningless, noise.
Did a 17-Year-Old Eagle Scout Build a Nuclear Reactor in His Mom’s Backyard?
24 October 2018 - The tale of a David Hahn, who earned a merit badge in atomic energy and then turned his backyard into a superfund site as he attempted to build a nuclear reactor there.
Is NASA Planning to Geoengineer Yellowstone’s Supervolcano Threat Away?
10 October 2018 - A theoretical NASA paper written in 2015 was misconstrued in 2018 to suggest an urgent need to geoengineer a solution to Yellowstone’s eruptive potential.
Is The Great Pyramid of Giza’s Location Related to the Speed of Light?
9 September 2018 - The latitude of the pyramid in decimal degrees can match a sequence of numbers expressing the speed of light if you look hard enough for it, but that phenomenon is nothing more than coincidence.
