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YouTube Ads Will Now Replay If You Look Away from Your Screen?

Written by:
Nick Hardinges
June 14, 2024 Some social media users compared the idea to the dystopian TV series Black Mirror.
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Study Doesn't Connect Excess Deaths to Vaccines During COVID-19 Pandemic

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Jack Izzo
June 14, 2024 Conservative news outlets like One America News blamed excess deaths found in the study directly ...
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Why Opting Out of Meta's Use of Facebook, Instagram Posts for AI Training Isn't Easy

Written by:
Aleksandra Wrona
June 13, 2024 Meta announced it would implement significant changes to its privacy policy as of June 26, 2024.
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280M-Year-Old, 'Alien-Looking' Fossil Found in Australia?

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Madison Dapcevich
June 12, 2024 Described as “alien-looking,” the fossilized, tentacled organisms are said to date to the catast ...
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Elon Musk Launching Cellphone to Compete with 'Woke Apple'?

Written by:
Jack Izzo
June 11, 2024 Rumor has it the "Tesla Phone" will have seamless integration with both Tesla cars and Starlink ...
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NASA Video Authentically Shows 'Plasma Wall' Spotted on the Sun?

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Madison Dapcevich
June 10, 2024 The sun is made of a hot ionized gas known as plasma, which constantly drives ever-changing cond ...
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Real Giant Octopus Photographed on Indonesian Coast?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
June 10, 2024 Image shows local beachgoers standing around eerily large octopus.
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Authentic Photo of 'Otherworldly Wreckage' on Mars Spotted by NASA?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
June 10, 2024 The photograph was captured from the above the planet's surface on April 19, 2022.
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Blue-Ringed Octopus Has Enough Venom to Kill 26 Adult Humans Within Minutes?

Written by:
Anna Rascouët-Paz
June 9, 2024 Several social media users claimed the bite is painless and that no antiserum exists.
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Bluetooth Earbuds Cause Brain Cancer?

Written by:
Anna Rascouët-Paz
June 7, 2024 "You know why they made iPhones without headphone jacks? So people will get the wireless and fry ...
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Penguins Trade Sex for Pebbles?

Written by:
Anna Rascouët-Paz
June 5, 2024 Sometimes a mating dance is all they do for a stone, some claimed.
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All the Eggs in Human Ovaries Form When Fetuses Are 4 Months Old?

Written by:
Nikki Dobrin
June 4, 2024 One TikTok video posited that "your mom didn't make your eggs. Your grandmother did,"
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'Myspace Tom' Anderson Vanished After Selling His Social Media Company?

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Nikki Dobrin
June 3, 2024 In 2005, Anderson sold Myspace to News Corp. for $580 million. Rather than launching into anothe ...
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Real Gigantic, Dinosaur-Like Bird Claw?

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Aleksandra Wrona
May 31, 2024 "Just in case you didn't think that birds are dinosaurs," one X user captioned the photograph.
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Picture Shows Baby Mammoth Remains Discovered After 30,000 Years?

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Madison Dapcevich
May 31, 2024 Miners in the Yukon reportedly uncovered the frozen mammal while excavating through permafrost.
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19-Year-Old Woman Mastered 'All of NASA's Rigorous Tests' Required for Flight to Mars?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
May 30, 2024 Alyssa Carson is a self-described astrobiologist and aquanaut.
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Fake Google AI Overview Screenshots Go Viral After New Feature's Rollout

Written by:
Aleksandra Wrona
May 29, 2024 Some of the nonsensical AI Overview results shared on social media were authentic, though.
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Image Accurately Depicts a 1 Cubic Millimeter Sample of a Human Brain?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
May 29, 2024 The sample was reportedly taken from a 45-year-old woman undergoing brain surgery.
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Astronauts Didn't Wear Helmets on the Moon?

Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
May 28, 2024 The image has been used by skeptics to claim the moon landings were fake.
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Infamous Universe 25 'Rodent Utopia' Experiment Is Not a Sign of the Apocalypse

Written by:
Jack Izzo
May 27, 2024 Many people have used John Calhoun's "rodent utopia" experiments as scientific evidence for "soc ...
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