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22 September 2017 No study, from Harvard or anyone else, "proved" that Apple deliberately makes its older iPhones slower when releasing new gadgets.
8 April 2017 The claim behind a 2013 school science project purportedly documenting that wireless signals wilt cress plants remains unproven.
8 April 2017 Reports of research finding that women with natural hair have lower self-esteem than women with treated hair are based on a satirical article.
Updated A small news experiment involving microbes in men's facial hair started rumors that a study had deemed beards are "full of poop."
Updated It was an official-sounding but fringe group of politically motivated pediatricians who issued a statement on gender, not the respected American Academy of Pediatrics.
16 January 2017 A number of sensational headlines inaccurately claimed that the popular hazelnut cocoa spread contains a known carcinogen.
Updated A sketchy screenshot claiming doctors "are now saying" menstrual cramps are "as painful as a heart attack" went viral.
2 November 2016 Unfortunately, myriad claims about tequila's putative health benefits are not rooted in science or research.
27 October 2016 A viral blog post warning about the dangers of baby wipes contained several inaccurate — and potentially dangerous — pieces of misinformation.
6 August 2016 A popular news story correctly reported that there was little evidence to support flossing's benefits, but it glossed over some important methodological context.
15 July 2016 The New York Times inaccurately reported an unvetted working paper as a Harvard study that disproved the claim black people are shot by police at a higher rate than whites.
15 June 2016 Two researchers released a paper (not a study) examining whether primary election fraud that favored Hillary Clinton had occurred.
25 May 2016 A number of sketchy sales sites created a rumor that the FBI had released a study ranking zodiac signs by propensity for criminal action.
14 May 2016 Multiple "natural wellness" blogs claimed that dryer sheets posed health risks.
11 May 2016 Archaeologists quickly debunked viral reporting about a Canadian teen discovering a lost Mayan city.
27 April 2016 Long-debunked claims from 2009 about a novel approach to Multiple Sclerosis were misleadingly presented as news in 2016.
18 April 2016 An Oxford University study that supposedly indicated "big butts make you smarter" was heavily distorted in news reports.
21 January 2016 Several web sites reported that 10 percent of college grads thought Judge Judy was a Supreme Court justice, but the claim was purposefully misleading.
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