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Kartalların eski gagaları ve tüyleri yerine yenilerini çıkararak ömürlerini uzattıkları iddiası
Publisher’s rating: Yanlış
Last Full Moon Of 2023 As Seen From Space !!(image)
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
The image was not a recent view of the last full moon of 2023: the review traced it to a NASA image dated December 2022, and said the viral version had been rotated. The original showed the Moon setting below Earth’s horizon from the International Space Station, so the review concluded the claim that it was captured in deep space was misleading.
Video Of A Large Aquatic Animal Eating Grass In Sri Lanka!!
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
The review says the animal is a manatee, most likely a West Indian manatee, and that manatees are not native to Sri Lanka. It reports that the video’s audio was manipulated and that the video was likely recorded abroad.
Este video muestra cómo asteroides golpean la Luna.
Publisher’s rating: Falso
The review finds the video does not show asteroids hitting the Moon: its effects were computer-generated. It notes that real lunar impacts can produce flashes, but an expert said they do not look like the explosion in the video.
Este video muestra la aparición de un extraterrestre en Miami.
Publisher’s rating: Falso
The review says the viral videos do not show an extraterrestrial in Miami. It reports that police identified the apparent figure as a person walking and said the January 1, 2024, incident at Bayside Marketplace involved teenagers setting off fireworks, prompting a large police response.
Une vidéo montre que la Station spatiale internationale (ISS) ne se trouve pas dans l'espace, mais dans l'eau.
Publisher’s rating: Non. La vidéo montre un lieu d'entraînement de la NASA, l'agence spatiale américaine, qui contient des modèles à taille réduite de l'ISS.
The video shows NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston, where astronauts train in a pool containing scale models of parts of the ISS. The pool cannot hold a full-size ISS model; astronauts train there to rehearse tasks for space missions.
సమాంతర విశ్వం నుండి టైమ్ ట్రావెల్ చేసి వచ్చిన వ్యక్తిని 1954లో జపాన్ దేశం టోక్యో విమానాశ్రయంలోని అధికారులు అరెస్ట్ చేశారు
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
آخرین جزئیات از جهش ایران برای دستیابی به راکتور گداخت هستهای
Publisher’s rating: شاخدار
Hayalete benzeyen galaksi görselinin gerçek olduğu iddiası
Publisher’s rating: Yanlış
Este video muestra un volcán que se activa en el medio del mar.
Publisher’s rating: Falso
The review found that the video is a digital creation, not footage of a real volcanic eruption at sea. It traced the clip to a TikTok account that posted it in 2023 and cited a volcanologist’s explanation that the water and eruption column shown do not behave like those in a real eruption.
Amerikaanse onderzoekers hebben hamsters per ongeluk in monsters veranderd via de controversiële CRISPR-techniek.
Publisher’s rating: Onwaar
Insecten bevatten chitine, een stof die schadelijk is voor de mens.
Publisher’s rating: Onwaar
Deze man bewijst dat er grafeenoxide op zijn auto zit.
Publisher’s rating: Eerder onwaar
Deze radarinstallatie kan het weer beïnvloeden, en zelfs branden en tsunami's veroorzaken.
Publisher’s rating: Onwaar
De foto toont een experiment van Engelse studenten met genetisch gemanipuleerde maïs.
Publisher’s rating: Eerder onwaar
Dit zijn beelden van zwarte gaten dicht bij de aarde.
Publisher’s rating: Onwaar