Category : Science & Skepticism
FACT CHECK: Have Thousands Been Killed By Illegal Immigrants Since 2003?
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Emily Larsen on January 17, 2019 Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) supervisor Thomas Kilbride said that “thousands” of civilians have been killed by illegal immigrants...
Tech Expert Worry The ’10 Year Challenge’ On Facebook Might Be A Data Mining Ruse
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Chris White on January 16, 2019 A recent popular meme comparing the past and current profile pictures of people on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter could be...
‘That’s NOT Happening’: Meteorologist Fact-Checks Claim The Shutdown Is Making Weather Forecasts Worse
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Michael Bastasch on January 7, 2019 Meteorologist and Cato Institute adjunct scholar Ryan Maue says he sees no evidence the government shutdown is crippling the National...
FACT CHECK: Meme Alleges Nail Clipper Ban On Airplanes To Make Point About Immigration
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Emily Larsen on January 7, 2019 A meme posted on the “Rowdy Republican” Facebook page Thursday claimed that passengers are not allowed to bring nail...
Amazon’s Alexa Goes Haywire, Tells Customer To ‘Kill’ Your Foster Parents’
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Chris White on December 21, 2018 One of Amazon’s newest projects is researching ways to make Alexa a more human-like communicator for customers, but sometimes the...
Congressman-Elect Says He’s Worried Vaccines May Cause Autism. He’s Also A Doctor
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Grace Carr Republican Rep.-elect Mark Green alleged Tuesday that vaccines may cause autism, rejecting data from the Centers for Disease Control maintaining that a relationship...
Critics Label House Climate Bill As ‘Population Control Through Taxation’
Michael Bastasch House lawmakers will unveil a carbon tax bill this week that critics have labeled “population control through taxation” because of a provision they...
Antarctic Scientist Allegedly Stabbed Colleague In Rage … Because He Kept Spoiling The Endings Of The Books He Was Reading
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Joshua Gill on October 30, 2018 An Russian scientist stationed in Antarctica allegedly plunged a knife into his colleague because he wouldn’t stop spoiling the...
US CO2 Emissions Plummet Under Trump While The Rest Of The World Emits More
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Michael Bastasch on October 17, 2018 U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.7 percent from 2016 levels, according to the EPA. Emissions on a per-capita...
Scientists’ Experiments Could Make Jurassic World A Reality
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Grace Carr on October 9, 2018 Scientists are experimenting with a gene editing tool that could bring extinct animals back to life, making “Jurassic World,”...