Commercial aircraft windows typically block nearly all solar UV-B radiation.
Claim:
Commercial aircraft windshields and cabin windows block the majority of solar ultraviolet B radiation.
NOT BS
Science
Research findings, viral studies, and scientific claims under the lens.
Commercial flights receive greater cosmic-radiation exposure at higher magnetic latitudes.
Claim:
Cosmic radiation exposure on a commercial flight increases as the aircraft flies closer to Earth's magnetic poles.
NOT BS
Aircraft shielding does not establish higher cosmic-radiation doses at window seats.
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Passengers seated next to an airplane window receive higher radiation exposure during a flight than passengers seated in aisle seats.
MOSTLY BS
Most gem diamonds form in the lithospheric mantle and erupt in kimberlites.
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Natural diamonds crystallize from carbon at depths of about 150 to 200 kilometers in Earth's mantle under temperatures of about 900 to 1,300 degrees Celsius and pressures of 45 to 60 kilobars, then reach Earth's surface through deep…
HARDLY BS
Modern climate change is real, measurable, and primarily human-caused.
Claim:
Climate change is not real.
TOTAL BS
Hunting elevates stress responses in some mammals, but not consistently.
Claim:
Animal species subject to trophy hunting experience greater behavioral and physiological stress than other wildlife populations.
SOME BS
Adaptive management can theoretically mitigate hunting-driven ecological harms under strict conditions.
Claim:
Scientific adaptive management and monitoring can theoretically remedy the negative ecological effects of trophy hunting, including artificial selection and demographic and social disruption.
HARDLY BS
Ethical objections do not alter measured ecological or socioeconomic conservation outcomes.
Claim:
Ethical arguments against trophy hunting do not affect the scientific assessment of trophy hunting's value as a conservation tool.
HARDLY BS
Socioeconomic conditions shape wildlife values and acceptance of trophy hunting.
Claim:
Socioeconomic status influences whether people view wildlife as having intrinsic value or utilitarian value, which affects whether trophy hunting can function as a conservation tool.
HARDLY BS
Earth’s rotation makes the Sun appear over the eastern horizon.
Claim:
The Sun rises in the east.
NOT BS
Energy is conserved in closed systems with time-translation symmetry.
Claim:
Energy cannot be created.
HARDLY BS
Nuclear reactions routinely create new atoms from existing subatomic particles.
Claim:
Atoms cannot be created.
TOTAL BS
Lightning results from electrical charge separation within thunderstorms and subsequent discharge.
Claim:
Lightning is caused by clouds colliding with each other.
TOTAL BS
Thunder is produced by lightning rapidly heating and expanding surrounding air.
Claim:
Thunder is produced by clouds colliding with each other.
TOTAL BS
Adaptive management can mitigate some sustainability risks but not broader structural failures.
Claim:
Non-ethical arguments against trophy hunting can mostly be remedied through scientific adaptive management.
MOSTLY BS
Economic security correlates with intrinsic rather than survival-oriented wildlife values.
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People with greater socioeconomic privilege are more likely to view wildlife as having intrinsic value, whereas people living in poverty are more likely to value wildlife primarily for its survival-related utility.
HARDLY BS
Large clouds can contain roughly one million tons of water.
Claim:
A cloud can have a mass of approximately one million tons.
NOT BS
Generative AI can weaken or strengthen critical thinking depending on use.
Claim:
Use of generative artificial intelligence damages people's critical-thinking ability.
SOME BS
Absorbed phase-change heat can raise intermolecular potential energy.
Claim:
During heating that causes a phase change, absorbed latent heat can increase a substance's internal potential energy by separating particles against their attractive intermolecular forces.
NOT BS
Scientific evidence shows no consensus on trophy hunting’s net benefits.
Claim:
In South Africa, the scientific consensus is that the benefits of trophy hunting outweigh its economic, conservation, social, and ethical costs.
TOTAL BS
No checks match that verdict.