Latest Fact-Checks In Science

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stated on July 5, 2025 posts on social media
The Rainmaker Technology Corp.’s cloud seeding caused the July 4 flooding in Texas.
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By Madison Czopek • July 7, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on May 14, 2025 Senate testimony
It’s “all true” that the measles vaccine wanes quickly, was never fully safety tested and contains fetal debris.
False
By Madison Czopek • May 16, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 21, 2025 Facebook posts
Photos show Elon Musk in a fight during a science conference.
False
February 26, 2025
Nancy Mace
Nancy Mace
stated on February 20, 2025 an X post
“You either have XX or XY chromosomes. Those are the options.”
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By Grace Abels • February 21, 2025
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X posts
stated on January 21, 2025 a post
“Under Trump's executive order, every single person in America is now legally classified as female.”
False
By Grace Abels • January 29, 2025
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Instagram posts
stated on December 13, 2024 an Instagram post
RFK Jr. posted on X that, “Effective January 20th, all Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) will be BANNED in the United States.”
False
December 30, 2024
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X posts
stated on September 29, 2024 X posts
A biolab caught fire in Georgia right before the 2024 election.
False
October 1, 2024
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Facebook posts
stated on September 20, 2024 una publicación en Facebook
Bill Gates dijo que "estamos tomando cosas que son ya sabes organismos genéticamente modificados y los estamos inyectando en los brazos de niños pequeños" en el contexto de las vacunas.
False
By Maria Briceño • September 26, 2024
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Instagram posts
stated on June 18, 2024 an Instagram post
The Gates Foundation “awarded $9.5 million to UW-Madison to make H5N1 bird flu transmissible to humans.”
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By Madison Czopek • June 28, 2024
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Threads posts
stated on June 18, 2024 a post
CERN scientists admit they “accidentally” ended the world in 2012 while performing experiments into the Higgs boson particle.
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By Grace Abels • June 26, 2024
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Instagram posts
stated on May 12, 2024 an Instagram post
Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.”
False
May 24, 2024
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Instagram posts
stated on April 14, 2024 an Instagram post
Videos show “how they celebrated the CERN opening.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • April 17, 2024
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Facebook posts
stated on March 29, 2024 a Facebook post
CERN’s activation of its Large Hadron Collider is connected to the April 8 eclipse.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • April 5, 2024
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TikTok posts
stated on March 19, 2024 una publicación enTikTok
Expertos dicen que el eclipse solar del 8 de abril “será el eclipse más peligroso que ha habido, la guardia nacional se está preparando para este acontecimiento”.
False
By Maria Briceño, Madison Czopek • March 28, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 18, 2024 una publicación en Instagram
Reportaje sobre "Eclipse solar 8 de abril 2024" habla sobre una fase del sol que "podría desatar catástrofes a nivel global y hambruna".
False
By Maria Briceño • March 26, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 16, 2024 a video posted on Facebook.
The Oklahoma National Guard’s assistance for the April 8 eclipse signals something “bigger.”
False
By Madison Czopek • March 20, 2024
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Instagram posts
stated on February 22, 2024 a post on Instagram
“Study reveals Bill Gates’ Fake Meat causes ‘turbo cancers’ in humans.”
False
By Madison Czopek • February 28, 2024
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Instagram posts
stated on January 31, 2024 an Instagram post
The presence of soft tissue and carbon-14 in dinosaur bones proves they lived “only a few thousand years” ago, not millions of years ago.
False
February 8, 2024
Jesse Watters
Jesse Watters
stated on January 31, 2024 a segment of "Jesse Watters Primetime" on Fox News
“We think the Earth’s warming” because “we’re literally cooking the books” with flawed temperature data.
False
By Madison Czopek • February 8, 2024
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Instagram posts
stated on January 15, 2024 a post
Women "store DNA" from all their male sexual partners.
False
By Grace Abels • January 17, 2024
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