Artemis II photographed Earth setting behind the Moon’s far side on April 6, 2026.
Claim:
Astronauts captured the first-ever Earthset image from space.
SOME BS
Science
Research findings, viral studies, and scientific claims under the lens.
The IUCN lists emperor penguins as Endangered mainly due to climate-driven sea ice loss.
Claim:
Emperor penguins face a very high risk of extinction primarily due to climate change.
NOT BS
Richer et al. (2017) found ionizable nitrogen, low 3D shape, and rigidity boost compound accumulation in E. coli.
Claim:
The eNTRy rules, developed by Richer et al. in 2017, identify specific physicochemical properties—ionizable nitrogen (especially a primary amine), low three dimensionality, and rigidity—that increase the likelihood of compound…
HARDLY BS
Peer-reviewed studies do not test order cancellation intention in FoMO-dissonance models.
Claim:
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 can form chloroform in chlorinated water and dioxin-like compounds under UV sunlight.
Claim:
Triclosan, when present in consumer products, breaks down into chloroform and dioxin upon release into the environment.
HARDLY BS
Mercer Subglacial Lake became freshwater after losing ocean connection about 6,000 years ago.
Claim:
A lake in Antarctica transformed from ocean water to freshwater over approximately 6,000 years.
SOME BS
No credible 2009 source verifies Anderson authored that animal communication definition.
Claim:
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…
TOTAL BS
Brain training apps mainly improve practiced tasks, not overall cognition.
Claim:
Brain training apps improve general cognitive function beyond the specific tasks they train.
MOSTLY BS
Post-fire ecosystems often shift energy pathways yet retain multiple trophic levels.
Claim:
Fire-induced damage to plants reduces the primary energy source in an ecosystem, resulting in fewer trophic levels being supported.
SOME BS
Most Quran commentators read “heart” as metaphor for spiritual understanding.
Claim:
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
No verifiable pro-match statistical study quantifies balanced-role compositions’ win advantage.
Claim:
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…
SOME BS
A documented arXiv preprint reports AI systems treated “Bixonimania” as real.
Claim:
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
Gender-specific studies show no consistent tendency to homogenize women more than men.
Claim:
Humans perceive women as a more homogeneous group than they perceive men.
MOSTLY BS
Ideological identity reliably shapes perceptions and memories of identical visual evidence.
Claim:
Individuals from different ideological groups systematically generate different interpretations of the same video evidence.
HARDLY BS
AI companions may briefly reduce loneliness, but lack sustained reciprocal support.
Claim:
AI companion applications can provide emotional benefits equivalent to those derived from real human relationships.
SOME BS
Large-scale evidence shows men report higher average sex drive than women.
Claim:
Men have a significantly higher sex drive than women, on average.
HARDLY BS
Research finds small, task-specific, inconsistent sex differences in emotion’s role in decisions.
Claim:
Women are more emotionally driven than men in decision-making contexts.
TOTAL BS
Parallel universes remain theoretical concepts without direct empirical confirmation.
Claim:
Parallel universes exist.
TOTAL BS
Centuries of observations and satellite data show Earth is an oblate spheroid.
Claim:
The Earth is flat.
TOTAL BS
No proof exists that π is a normal number in any base.
Claim:
Pi (π) is a normal number, meaning every digit and sequence of digits appears with equal frequency in its decimal expansion.
TOTAL BS
No checks match that verdict.