Science in August 2022
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Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Monday, August 29, 2022
- Fact Check: Miscarriage Rate NOT 44% For Pregnant Women in Pfizer COVID Vaccine Trial
- Fact Check: This Tea Will NOT Cure Women Of Cancer, Fibroids, Cysts
- Fact Check: Robots Did NOT Kill 29 Scientists In Japan
Friday, August 26, 2022
Thursday, August 25, 2022
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove 'Rife Machines' Cure Cancer
- Fact Check: Canada Is NOT 'Killing Poor People'
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
- Fact Check: Aborted Fetus Kidney Cells NOT Used In Popular Food Products by Pepsi, Kraft, Nestlé, Campbell's
- Fact Check: Melanin Is NOT Used In Computer Chips
Monday, August 22, 2022
- Fact Check: Loire River Did NOT 'Run Dry' -- Photo Shows A Dry Branch Of The Loire But Not The Main Channel
- Fact Check: Reflection In Astronaut's Visor From Apollo 17 Moon Landing Does NOT Prove It Was Hoax
- Fact Check: Foot Tablets Will NOT Make A Person Lose Weight
- Fact Check: Magic Johnson Did NOT Donate Blood To 'Help Underprivileged Communities Help Fight COVID-19' In This Video
Friday, August 19, 2022
Thursday, August 18, 2022
- Fact Check: COVID Shots Given By Governments Did NOT Kill 12M People Worldwide
- Fact Check: NOT True That 'Radiation And Chemotherapy Actually Causes Cancer,' Except In Tiny Percentage of Cases
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
- Fact Check: Video Does NOT Depict A 'Big Shark' Breaching On Fleeing Crowd Of People On Shore
- Fact Check: NO Evidence That Schools Can Prescribe Adderall To Students
- Fact Check: CERN Collider NOT Powered By Child Sacrifices, Human Blood -- The Electricity It Runs On Comes From France
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
- Fact Check: Herpes Is NOT A Parasite That 'You Can Flush Out Of Your Body'
- Fact Check: Ad NOT Realistic In Claiming Detox Pearls Aids Quick Weight Loss
- Fact Check: CDC Did NOT 'Just Dramatically' Change Their Claims About MRNA Vaccine Safety
Monday, August 15, 2022
- Fact Check: Home Owners Association Hands May NOT Be Tied On Installation Of A Large Bat Roost
- Fact Check: NO Evidence That Boston Children's Hospital Offers Gender-Affirming Hysterectomies To Children
Thursday, August 11, 2022
- Fact Check: Ad NOT Realistic In Claiming 'Slimming Patch' Brings Quick Weight Loss
- Fact Check: Harvard Scientists Did NOT Discover 'Glucose Flush' That Reverses Type 2 Diabetes
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
- Fact Check: WHO Did NOT Declare That Failure To Find Sex Partner Is Now A Disability
- Fact Check: Bubbling Water In Hudson River Is NOT 'Boiling,' NOT Near A Nuclear Power Plant
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
- Fact Check: Monkeypox Is NOT Same Thing As Biblical Or Modern-Day Leprosy
- Fact Check: Ad NOT Realistic In Claiming Jewelry, Including Magnetic 'Lymph' Bracelet, Aids Weight Loss
Monday, August 8, 2022
Friday, August 5, 2022
- Fact Check: Red Glow In Pacific Ocean Is NOT Unexplained -- Commercial Fishing Boats Use Light To Lure Saury
- Fact Check: Study DID Find Bacteria, Fungi On Face Masks -- But They're NOT 'Petri Dishes For Dangerous Pathogens To Fester'
- Fact Check: FAA Weather Cams Are NOT Offline Along Entire Coastline Of Lower 48 States -- They Only Operate In Select Locations
Thursday, August 4, 2022
- Fact Check: Rainwater Did NOT Contain Dangerous Levels Of Barium When Tested In 'Chemtrail' Investigative Report
- Fact Check: Monkeypox Is NOT Airborne Disease That Causes Paralysis
- Fact Check: COVID Vaccine Trials Did NOT Skip Animal Testing Because All The Animals Were Dying -- No Steps Were Skipped
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
- Fact Check: Packaged Chicken In Swollen Plastic Does NOT Mean It's Bad, Growing Bacteria
- Fact Check: NO Evidence COVID Vaccines Create 'Engineered Biostructures' Inside Arteries
- Fact Check: Fireball Whiskey Does NOT Contain Antifreeze, Propylene Glycol
- Fact Check: Smithsonian Did NOT Destroy Giant Skeletons -- It's An Internet Hoax
- Fact Check: Vitamin B12 Form Cyanocobalamin Is NOT 'Toxic'
- Fact Check: Video Of UFO Escorted By 2 Jets Is NOT Real -- CGI Effects For Entertainment
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Monday, August 1, 2022
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