Research findings, viral studies, and scientific claims under the lens.
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Albert Bandura's theory of reciprocal determinism states that personal factors, behavior, and the environment influence each other.
NOT BS
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In humans, the GIP gene functions as an oncogene in ovarian tumors.
TOTAL BS
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A child's adult height is primarily inherited from the father rather than the mother.
TOTAL BS
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In most OECD member-country electricity markets, the levelized cost of energy for new utility-scale solar photovoltaic power and new onshore wind power is lower than the levelized cost of energy for new natural-gas combined-cycle power plants.
HARDLY BS
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Solar and wind power are the cheapest sources of new electricity generation in most major markets.
HARDLY BS
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Formal education programs that effectively integrate Information and Communication Technologies, Learning and Knowledge Technologies, and Technologies for Empowerment and Participation improve students' learning outcomes compared with…
HARDLY BS
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Kapachim is a defined industrial or scientific process with a standard set of steps documented in technical sources.
TOTAL BS
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Eoraptor lunensis is not considered a close relative of Tyrannosaurus rex within theropod dinosaurs.
HARDLY BS
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In lophotrochozoan invertebrates, including annelids and mollusks, chemosensory ionotropic receptors detect environmental chemical signals and mediate sensory perception, especially aquatic olfaction and gustation.
HARDLY BS
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About 35% of microplastics in the ocean originate from synthetic textiles.
SOME BS
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As of May 8, 2026, peer-reviewed scientific evidence proves the existence of the Abrahamic God as understood in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
TOTAL BS
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Leguminous plants enrich soil by fixing atmospheric nitrogen into forms that are available for plant uptake.
HARDLY BS
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The Sorek Desalination Plant in Israel produces about 624,000 cubic meters of water per day.
HARDLY BS
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As of May 6, 2026, Jammu and Kashmir has fewer publicly available glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) hazard maps and early-warning systems than Himachal Pradesh.
SOME BS
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Women are more likely than men to predominantly use the left hemisphere of the brain, while men are more likely than women to predominantly use the right hemisphere of the brain.
TOTAL BS
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The four main stages of catabolic processes are digestion (breakdown of polymers into monomers such as sugars and amino acids), glycolysis (cytoplasmic breakdown of glucose to pyruvate), the Krebs cycle (mitochondrial oxidation of…
SOME BS
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The sky appears blue to the human eye under normal daytime conditions.
NOT BS
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Unsaturated polyester polymers have carbon–carbon double bonds that enable modification of mechanical properties such as stiffness, elasticity, and degradation behavior.
NOT BS
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Synthetic polymers play a crucial role in the development of scaffolds for tissue engineering.
NOT BS
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Correlation entropy is used as a statistical feature in the analysis of datasets.
HARDLY BS
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