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Science & space fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about science & space. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

1,577 published reviews in this topic

dpaScience & space

Cette photo montre l'émetteur à haute fréquence HAARP, capable de dérégler le climat.

Publisher’s rating: L'image en question montre un radar antimissile du département américain de la Défense. Ce radar n'a rien à voir avec HAARP, un projet de recherche scientifique incapable de modifier la météo ou provoquer des catastrophes naturelles.

The photo shows the Sea-Based X-Band Radar, a U.S. missile-defense radar, not a HAARP emitter. The review explains that HAARP studies the ionosphere and cannot alter weather or cause natural disasters.

Fact Crescendo Sri LankaScience & space

Forsten’s Cat Snake හෙවත් නාග මාපිලා/ලේ මාපිලා අතිශයින් විෂ සහිත හෝ මාරාන්තික සර්ප විශේෂයක් නොවෙයි!

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review identifies the snake in the video as Forsten’s Cat Snake, or Boiga forsteni, and says its bite is generally associated with mild effects such as pain and swelling at the bite site. It concludes that the claim that the snake is highly venomous and can kill within 20 minutes is false; it describes the snake as mildly venomous. [S1]

El Detector / Univision NoticiasScience & space

Estas imágenes son del eclipse solar total del 8 de abril de 2024.

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The review found that neither image showed the April 8, 2024 eclipse: one had circulated since at least 2016, and the other was a digital painting based on a photograph of a 2017 eclipse. It cites reverse-image searches and the artist’s account of creating the painting. [S1]

dpaScience & space

Dit is een HAARP-installatie.

Publisher’s rating: De foto toont een antiraketradar van de Amerikaanse ministerie van Defensie in Texas. De radar heeft niets te maken met HAARP, een wetenschappelijk onderzoeksproject dat evenmin natuurrampen kan veroorzaken.

Factcrescendo Sri LankaScience & space

Forsten`S Cat Snake Is Extremely Venious Or Deadly !!(Video)

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review identifies the snake in the viral video as a Forsten’s Cat Snake and reports that a herpetologist said the species has mild, not severe, venom. It concludes that the snake is not highly venomous and that its bites typically cause mild local effects, rather than death within 20 minutes.

El Detector / Univision NoticiasScience & space

La NASA descubrió la forma de estimular el cerebro para atraer riqueza.

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The review reports that NASA denied discovering a way to stimulate the brain to generate wealth, saying its epigenetic studies were not related to neuroscience. It also found that the video used to support the claim was an older Russian-language recording about Canadian police discovering a marijuana plantation, not a NASA finding.