17 ‘facts’ about space and Earth that you thought were true—but have been debunked by science

Written by Dave Mosher

Whenever someone asks me about outer space, I get animated.

No surprise there: I’ve made a living speaking to experts and writing about the topic for more than a decade, and have read obsessively on these topics for much longer than that.

I’ve heard a lot of peculiar “facts” over the years — and even believed and shared a few myself — that I eventually learned were totally false.

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Humans’ closest relative may also suffer from Alzheimer’s

Written by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore

Humans are the only animal known to develop Alzheimer’s disease, and an official diagnosis requires checking off this list of three things: dementia, which is observed through screenings, and two pathologic markers—amyloid plaques (sticky bunches of misfolded proteins) and neurofibrillary tangles (tau proteins clumped together and twisted around).

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13 Insanities From CNN’s Joint Propaganda Project With Al Gore

Written by Robert Kraychik


Monday saw CNN’s airing of a political infomercial masquerading as a good faith information delivery endeavor, with Anderson Cooper and Al Gore joining forces to hype “climate change”; a euphemism for the narrative of anthropogenic global warming (AGW).

Below are the nearly hour-long political infomercial’s most noteworthy takeaways.

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New Paper: Investigative Journalism Professor Slams Today’s ‘Fake News’ Climate Science Reporting

Written by Kenneth Richard

Professor: Climate Journalism Awash In ‘Emotional Propaganda’, ‘Mythological Constructs’, and Too Much Reliance On Models, ‘Consensus’

A University of Wollongong (Australia) investigative journalism professor with a research interest in ecological science and exposing environmental fraud has just published a scathing indictment of the climate science journalism industry in the academic journal Asia Pacific Media Educator.

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