‘This Fukang Meteorite is 4.5 Billion Years Old’ The rare rock at the heart of an online meme has a history as colorful as its surface.
Three Things to Remember About That Study of Fox Viewers Who Watched CNN Some news outlets failed to note the status and the limits of the April 2022 report.
Was William Shatner the First ‘Star Trek’ Actor to Reach Outer Space? Fans of Dr. Mae Jemison quickly noted that she went to "the final frontier" decades earlier.
Thursday, October, and 8 PM Are All the Same? A tweet observing that "Thursday, October, and 8:00pm are all the same" proved wildly popular -- but why?
Goodstein’s ‘States of Matter’ Opening Quote On November 15 2019, an Imgur user shared a screenshot of a tweet about the purported opening paragraph from a textbook by California Institute of Technology professor David Goodstein called States of Matter: The beginning to every book should have this good a hook. In the screenshot was a November 10 2019 tweet by @quantian1: No […]
Does an Ohio Law Allow Students to Give Wrong Answers Because of Religious Belief? Several outlets covered a purported Ohio law allowing students to be "wrong" on science tests due to religious belief.
Do People Ingest Five Grams of Plastic Per Week? Ocean plastic memes are everywhere; one claims that we are all eating the equivalent of a credit card a week.
Has Wu-Tang’s GZA Lectured on Quantum Physics at Harvard? In February 2019, a #BlackHistoryMonth post on Facebook asserted that the Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA (also known as The Genius) is a scientist, has lectured at Harvard, and is educated in quantum physics: Above two photographs of GZA, text stated: People you didn’t know were scientists: GZA of Wutang Clan is educated in quantum physics & […]
Did Charles Darwin Say He Hated ‘Everybody and Everything’ on a Difficult Day? On November 29 2018, Twitter user @Plant_Phillips shared a transcribed image of a quote attributed to Charles Darwin: Even the most famous scientists have rough weeks. Charles Darwin, for example: “But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything.” pic.twitter.com/o03pBG4ScI — Alyssa Phillips (@Plant_Phillips) November 30, 2018 A version was […]
Yellowstone Lava Geyser Erupts for First Time in Human History-Fiction! A false report of a Yellowstone lava geyser following earthquakes in Montana and Wyoming in July 2017 were intended to be satire.
