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A 'Harvard Study' Doesn't Disprove Racial Bias in Officer-Involved Shootings

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Kim LaCapria

Jul 15, 2016 The New York Times inaccurately reported an unvetted working paper as a Harvard study that dispr ...

Did a Young Girl Disconnect her Grandfather's Life Support to Plug in her Phone’s Charger?

Did a Harvard Study Prove That Apple Slows Down iPhones to Boost Sales of New Ones?

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Kim LaCapria

Sep 22, 2017 Some iOS upgrades have slowed down the processor speed of some older iPhone models, but not for ...

Did American Pediatricians Issue a Statement That Transgenderism Is 'Child Abuse'?

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Kim LaCapria

May 20, 2016 It was an official-sounding but fringe group of politically motivated pediatricians who issued a ...

Canadian Teen Finds Lost Mayan City With Satellite Maps

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Kim LaCapria

May 11, 2016 Archaeologists quickly debunked viral reporting about a Canadian teen discovering a lost Mayan city.

Italian Doctor Finds Surprisingly Simple Cure for Multiple Sclerosis?

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Kim LaCapria

Apr 27, 2016 Long-debunked claims from 2009 about a novel approach to Multiple Sclerosis were misleadingly pr ...

Do Studies Show That Women with Big Butts are Smarter and Healthier?

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Kim LaCapria

Apr 18, 2016 An Oxford University study that supposedly indicated "big butts make you smarter" was heavily di ...

Does Wine Before Bed 'Make You Skinny'?

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Kim LaCapria

Feb 18, 2016 No, a Harvard study didn't just prove sinking wine before bed "makes you skinny" or that it aids ...

Do 10 Percent of College Grads Think Judge Judy Is on the Supreme Court?

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Kim LaCapria

Jan 21, 2016 Several web sites reported that 10 percent of college grads thought Judge Judy was a Supreme Cou ...

Doctors Kill More People Than Guns?

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Kim LaCapria

Jan 7, 2016 No, a study didn't prove doctors are more deadly than guns.

FALSE: One-Third of Doctors Won't Recommend Gardasil HPV Vaccine

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Kim LaCapria

Jan 6, 2016 An article in the journal 'Pediatrics' was misconstrued to suggest that a third of physicians su ...

Labatt's, Moo

Written by:

Kim LaCapria

Oct 21, 2015 No, a "study" did not determine that a third of vegetarians secretly eat meat when they're drunk ...

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A 'Harvard Study' Doesn't Disprove Racial Bias in Officer-Involved Shootings

Did a Harvard Study Prove That Apple Slows Down iPhones to Boost Sales of New Ones?

Do WiFi Signals Stunt Plant Growth?

'Alarming Study' on Chemicals in Baby Food?

Do Women with Natural Hair Have Low Self-Esteem?

Does Nutella Contain a Known Carcinogen?

Doctors Are Now Saying Menstrual Cramps Are as Painful 'as a Heart Attack'

Drinking Tequila Provides Many Health Benefits?

Flossing Isn't Backed by Science?

Stanford Study Proves Election Fraud through Exit Poll Discrepancies

Did the FBI Reveal the 'Most Dangerous' Zodiac Signs?

Did American Pediatricians Issue a Statement That Transgenderism Is 'Child Abuse'?

Canadian Teen Finds Lost Mayan City With Satellite Maps

Italian Doctor Finds Surprisingly Simple Cure for Multiple Sclerosis?

Do Studies Show That Women with Big Butts are Smarter and Healthier?

Does Wine Before Bed 'Make You Skinny'?

Do 10 Percent of College Grads Think Judge Judy Is on the Supreme Court?

Doctors Kill More People Than Guns?

FALSE: One-Third of Doctors Won't Recommend Gardasil HPV Vaccine

Labatt's, Moo