Both Venus and Uranus rotate retrograde, opposite most other planets.
Claim:
Venus is the only planet in the Solar System that rotates clockwise (i.e., has retrograde rotation).
TOTAL BS
Science
Research findings, viral studies, and scientific claims under the lens.
Many shampoos are water-based formulas with surfactants, conditioners, preservatives, and fragrance or colorants.
Claim:
Most shampoos are primarily composed of five ingredient categories: water (as a solvent), surfactants such as sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) or sodium laureth sulfate (SLES), conditioning agents such as silicones or quaternary ammonium…
HARDLY BS
Overly shallow and overly deep diamond cuts leak light and reduce brilliance.
Claim:
A shallow-cut diamond appears brighter than a deep-cut diamond because some light reflects off the table facet and returns to the viewer even though other light leaks out through the bottom.
TOTAL BS
Coca-Cola’s listed ingredients each serve functional roles in taste and chemistry.
Claim:
Each ingredient in Coca-Cola has a chemical role, including contributing acidity, sweetness, and aroma.
NOT BS
The 1977 Wow! signal was detected for 72 seconds and remains unexplained.
Claim:
In 1977, Earth received a signal from space that remained unexplained, and the signal lasted for 72 seconds.
HARDLY BS
Motor-task performance correlations are typically weak, limiting single-test prediction.
Claim:
Correlations between performance on different motor tasks are often weak, which limits the predictive validity of measuring a single motor ability to predict overall motor performance.
NOT BS
Motor performance reflects complex interactions between biology, practice, motivation, and opportunity.
Claim:
It is difficult to separate innate motor ability from the effects of practice, learning, motivation, opportunity, and environmental influences when explaining differences in motor performance.
NOT BS
Factor-analytic research shows motor abilities are only weakly to moderately related.
Claim:
Early theories in motor behavior proposed a single general motor ability, but later research found that motor abilities such as balance, timing, strength, and coordination are relatively independent of one another.
NOT BS
Movement performance differences emerge from interactions among person, task, and environment constraints.
Claim:
Individual differences in movement performance arise from interactions among person constraints, task constraints, and environmental constraints.
NOT BS
Motor abilities are enduring capacities, while motor skills are learned task-specific actions.
Claim:
Motor abilities are relatively stable underlying capacities, while motor skills are learned and reflect how effectively motor abilities are applied to a specific task.
NOT BS
Wind’s land-use advantage versus nuclear varies widely with the metric used.
Claim:
Wind farms require 360 times more land area than nuclear power plants to produce the same amount of electricity.
SOME BS
Current brain-computer interfaces cannot extract and store rich human memories.
Claim:
Brain-computer interfaces will allow humans to upload memories to cloud storage within the next decade.
TOTAL BS
OECD greenhouse-gas indicators put Australia at about 22 tCO2e per person.
Claim:
Australia’s per-capita greenhouse gas emissions exceed 20 tCO2e in OECD datasets.
NOT BS
IPCC 1.5°C pathways typically reach global net zero CO₂ around 2050.
Claim:
Limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels requires global net zero CO₂ emissions by around 2050.
HARDLY BS
Australia’s per-capita greenhouse gas emissions are roughly 18–22 tonnes CO₂e annually.
Claim:
Australia's greenhouse gas emissions are approximately 14.8 tonnes of CO₂-equivalent per person per year.
TOTAL BS
Australia ranks among the world’s highest per-capita greenhouse gas emitters.
Claim:
Australia is one of the world's largest per-capita greenhouse gas emitters.
NOT BS
LETM1 was first identified while mapping the Wolf–Hirschhorn syndrome 4p16.3 critical region.
Claim:
Leucine zipper EF-hand-containing transmembrane protein 1 (LETM1) was initially identified through studies investigating the genetic basis of Wolf–Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS).
NOT BS
Human classical NHEJ seals double-strand breaks via the XRCC4–DNA ligase IV complex.
Claim:
Classical non-homologous end joining (c-NHEJ) in humans requires DNA ligase IV (LIG4) to seal DNA double-strand breaks.
NOT BS
As of July 2026, China has recovered orbital boosters but not reflown them.
Claim:
By May 29, 2027, at least one Chinese launch provider will be conducting routine commercial orbital launches using a recovered and reflown first stage.
MOSTLY BS
Olympus Mons is a shield volcano built by long-lived hotspot eruptions.
Claim:
Olympus Mons formed several billion years ago after two of Mars' largest tectonic plates collided.
TOTAL BS
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