Science
Research findings, viral studies, and scientific claims under the lens.
Post-purchase dissonance significantly mediates the relationship between fear of missing out (FoMO) and order cancellation intention, with impulsive buying acting as a catalyst that transforms FoMO into post-purchase cognitive dissonance.
MOSTLY BS
Triclosan, when present in consumer products, breaks down into chloroform and dioxin upon release into the environment.
HARDLY BS
A lake in Antarctica transformed from ocean water to freshwater over approximately 6,000 years.
SOME BS
According to Anderson (2009), animal communication is defined as a restricted, fixed, and largely innate system in which animals exchange information using signs such as sounds, smells, or colors, and do not invent new messages, limiting themselves to a few signals applied to specific situational contexts such as warning of danger or attracting a mate.
TOTAL BS
Brain training apps improve general cognitive function beyond the specific tasks they train.
MOSTLY BS
Fire-induced damage to plants reduces the primary energy source in an ecosystem, resulting in fewer trophic levels being supported.
SOME BS
Quran 22:46, which describes hearts in chests going blind, implies that the Quran attributes cognition and reasoning to the heart rather than the brain, contradicting modern neuroscience.
MOSTLY BS
Teams in the esports game Valorant that select agent compositions with balanced roles such as duelist, controller, initiator, and sentinel have a higher probability of winning compared to teams with unbalanced compositions, according to statistical analysis of professional match data as of April 2026.
SOME BS
Researchers deliberately fabricated a fictitious disease called Bixonimania using AI-generated preprints and found that AI systems subsequently treated it as a legitimate medical condition.
HARDLY BS
Humans perceive women as a more homogeneous group than they perceive men.
MOSTLY BS
Individuals from different ideological groups systematically generate different interpretations of the same video evidence.
HARDLY BS
AI companion applications can provide emotional benefits equivalent to those derived from real human relationships.
SOME BS
Men have a significantly higher sex drive than women, on average.
HARDLY BS
Women are more emotionally driven than men in decision-making contexts.
TOTAL BS
Parallel universes exist.
TOTAL BS
The Earth is flat.
TOTAL BS
Pi (π) is a normal number, meaning every digit and sequence of digits appears with equal frequency in its decimal expansion.
TOTAL BS
A proven connection exists between classical physics and quantum physics.
NOT BS
China has successfully landed a spacecraft on the far side of the Moon.
NOT BSNo checks match that verdict.