Science
Research findings, viral studies, and scientific claims under the lens.
Ducks have a cloaca through which both feces and eggs pass.
NOT BS
Domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) have hair.
NOT BS
In a linear regression model, correlation between two predictor variables can be accommodated by the model without necessarily causing a problem.
NOT BS
Freestanding water is not readily available for lions in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, resulting in a lack of extra drinking water for lions.
MOSTLY BS
Dinosaurs are birds and lizards.
TOTAL BS
A 2018 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study found that false stories spread six times faster than true stories on Twitter and were retweeted 70% more often.
NOT BS
U.S. golf courses used about 531 billion gallons of irrigation water in 2024 (about 1.63 million acre-feet of applied water).
NOT BS
Heat discharged from an ocean-based artificial intelligence (AI) data center would harm nearby marine ecosystems.
SOME BS
In a vacuum, a metal hammer and a feather dropped from the same height at the same time will land at the same time.
NOT BS
In the United States, data centers used about 17 billion gallons of water annually for direct on-site cooling in 2023.
NOT BS
Beard length is associated with personality traits.
SOME BS
A person's facial appearance is associated with their personality traits.
HARDLY BS
A study published in the journal Patterns estimated that the AI industry consumed between 312 billion and 764 billion liters of water in 2025.
HARDLY BS
Elephants are larger than foxes.
NOT BS
Pandey, Hyun, Yu, and Lee (2021) analyzed 36 captive big cats (tigers, lions, and leopards) at Seoul Grand Park Zoo using PCR amplification of 33 microsatellite (STR) loci and reported that leopards had the highest genetic diversity, followed by lions and then tigers.
NOT BS
Wood is highly flammable because it has high carbon and hydrogen content.
MOSTLY BS
There are more than 20 active volcanoes in the world.
NOT BS
Many CRISPR-based sickle cell disease clinical trials primarily edit the BCL11A gene or its enhancer to reactivate fetal hemoglobin rather than directly repairing the HBB mutation.
NOT BS
In a spinach leaf-disc floating assay, spinach leaf discs exposed to higher light intensity from a 100 W lamp positioned about 18 cm away floated sooner and in greater numbers over 15 minutes than discs exposed to natural light, while discs kept in darkness (wrapped in aluminium foil) showed no flotation over 15 minutes.
HARDLY BSNo checks match that verdict.