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Snopes Newsfeed
  • No, the UN Didn't Tweet 'Pedophilia Is Not a Crime'
  • Did Trapped Zoo Animals Drown After the Nova Kakhovka Dam Collapse?
  • Did Joel and Victoria Osteen Resign from Lakewood Church?
  • Are NYC Officials Distributing Free 'Crack Pipes' in Vending Machines?
  • Did a Church that Embraces LGBTQ+ People Burn Down After a Lightning Strike?
  • Is the 'You Can't Park Your Car Here, Ma'am' Video Real?
  • Did Ben Shapiro Tweet There Are ‘More Important Things in Marriage than Sexual Satisfaction’?
  • Are These Images from Nova Kakhovka's Administrative Center After Dam Collapse?
  • Does This Video Show the Nova Kakhovka Dam Explosion in Ukraine?
  • Unsubstantiated Rumor Claims Jamie Foxx ‘Paralyzed and Blind’ After COVID-19 Vaccination
Skeptical Inquirer Newsfeed
  • Homeopathy Research Hits New Low
  • Rise of Ayurveda: A Dangerous Trend to Decolonize the Scientific Method
  • The Hypocrisy of Medical Disinformation: A Report from Hungary
  • Remembering Kendrick Frazier, Part Two
  • The Curious Case of the Carolina Lizard Man
  • Harriet Hall Stepped Up
  • A Great Doctor’s Rest (An Elegy for Harriet Hall)
  • Medical Pseudoscience: Here and Abroad, Old and New
  • Harriet ‘SkepDoc’ Hall (1945–2023)
  • Virulent: The Vaccine War Takes on the Anti-Vaccine Movement
FactCheck Newsfeed
  • FactChecking Chris Christie’s Presidential Announcement
  • What VAERS Can and Can’t Do, and How Anti-Vaccination Groups Habitually Misuse Its Data
  • FactChecking Haley’s CNN Town Hall
  • A Florida School Restricted Access to Amanda Gorman’s Poem, But Didn’t ‘Ban’ It
  • Biden Officials Have Taken Oaths of Office, Contrary to Social Media Claim
  • Trump’s Dubious Promise to End Birthright Citizenship
  • Ventilators Save Lives, Did Not Cause ‘Nearly All’ COVID-19 Deaths
  • Post Misrepresents Legal Power of Arizona Resolution on Electronic Voting Machines
  • Database Errors Fuel False Claims about HIV Cases in Military
  • Debt Limit Agreement Breakdown
Diagram showing Earth's tilt

A Solstice Story

December 18, 2021

Once upon a time, about 4.5 billion years ago, back when Earth was just a baby planet, our young solar system was a dangerous neighborhood, with all …

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Are Avocado Pits Edible?

November 24, 2020

  What is it about fruit pits? Science Update listeners called and emailed about them frequently over the years with two opposite questions: Will …

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Concerned boy blowing large bubble

Chewing Gum Myth

October 17, 2018

Does it really take seven years to digest chewing gum?

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Open microwave oven with metal parts inside

Metal in Microwaves

July 8, 2016

If metal isn’t supposed to go in microwave ovens, why do some of them have metal racks?

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Bread, flour and wheat grains

Fear of Gluten

June 24, 2016

Gluten-free diets are all the rage, but only a small percentage of the population is truly sensitive to the wheat protein.

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Photo of singer Janis Joplin

27 Club Myth

May 1, 2014

Statisticians test whether famous musicians are really more likely to die at age 27.

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Toddler brushing teeth while bathing in green bucket

Baby Tooth Cavities

September 5, 2013

Baby teeth fall out eventually. But that doesn't mean cavities in baby teeth should be ignored.

Read moreBaby Tooth Cavities
Brightly colored candy

Artificial Dyes

August 14, 2013

Some people argue that food dyes are harmful to human health, but do decades of safety research back up these allegations?

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Barbecued ribs in front of fire

How Paleo is “Paleo”?

August 1, 2013

Did our hunter-gatherer ancestors really eat a “Paleo” diet?

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Monochrome image depicting apocalyptic urban skyline

2012 Apocalypse Myth Exposed – Encore presentation

December 21, 2012

The world is not ending today. Find out why in this Science Update encore presentation.

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An avocado, sliced in half, in a white bowl

Poison Pits

March 1, 2011

A listener asks whether it's safe to eat fruit seeds and pits.

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Hand holding a pen left-handed, writing in an application formn an application form

Left-Handed Brains

February 8, 2011

Left-handers suffer more from learning disabilities but can also excel in spatial visualization.

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