Wild tigers usually avoid humans and rarely treat them as prey.
Claim:
Wild tigers generally do not attack humans on sight because they are not interested in humans as prey.
HARDLY BS
Science
Research findings, viral studies, and scientific claims under the lens.
DNAzymes are catalytic single-stranded DNA molecules enabling sequence-specific reactions.
Claim:
DNA enzymes (DNAzymes) are catalytic, single-stranded DNA molecules capable of performing sequence-specific biochemical reactions.
NOT BS
Ducks have a cloaca that serves as the outlet for feces and eggs.
Claim:
Ducks have a cloaca through which both feces and eggs pass.
NOT BS
Domestic dogs grow hair from hair follicles as their coat.
Claim:
Domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) have hair.
NOT BS
Correlated predictors don’t bias OLS estimates unless multicollinearity is severe.
Claim:
In a linear regression model, correlation between two predictor variables can be accommodated by the model without necessarily causing a problem.
NOT BS
Kgalagadi’s borehole-fed waterholes provide freestanding drinking water used by lions.
Claim:
Freestanding water is not readily available for lions in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, resulting in a lack of extra drinking water for lions.
MOSTLY BS
Birds are the only surviving dinosaur lineage, and dinosaurs aren’t lizards.
Claim:
Dinosaurs are birds and lizards.
TOTAL BS
False news was about 70% more likely to be retweeted on Twitter.
Claim:
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 applied about 1.63 million acre-feet of irrigation water in 2024.
Claim:
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
Subsea data-center heat can affect oxygen and biodiversity, but measured warming dissipates within meters.
Claim:
Heat discharged from an ocean-based artificial intelligence (AI) data center would harm nearby marine ecosystems.
SOME BS
In a vacuum, a hammer and feather fall equally and land together.
Claim:
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
U.S. data centers directly consumed about 17.4 billion gallons of water in 2023.
Claim:
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 affects perceived dominance and masculinity, but not actual personality.
Claim:
Beard length is associated with personality traits.
SOME BS
Studies show weak, inconsistent links between facial features and some personality traits.
Claim:
A person's facial appearance is associated with their personality traits.
HARDLY BS
A Patterns study modeled AI’s 2025 water footprint at 312.5–764.6 billion liters.
Claim:
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 far larger than foxes in weight, height, and body size.
Claim:
Elephants are larger than foxes.
NOT BS
A 2021 Seoul Grand Park Zoo STR study found leopards most diverse.
Claim:
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,…
NOT BS
Wood’s flammability mainly depends on pyrolysis, moisture, density, and oxygen availability.
Claim:
Wood is highly flammable because it has high carbon and hydrogen content.
MOSTLY BS
Global volcanology data show well over 20 active volcanoes worldwide.
Claim:
There are more than 20 active volcanoes in the world.
NOT BS
Many CRISPR sickle cell trials edit BCL11A to boost fetal hemoglobin.
Claim:
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
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