Claim: A study found lab-grown meat from a Bill Gates-backed company causes cancer. Fact: The claim is false and based on a misinterpretation of a study that did not test any lab-grown meat products funded by Gates. The study tested a plant-based meat product backed by Gates but found no link to cancer. On March […]
Claim: A group of Indian doctors have invented a piece of advanced equipment to remove coronary artery blockages called Megavac, a mechanical thrombectomy system which removes blockages, mitigating the need for open-heart surgery. Fact: Megavac was created by Dr Richard Fulton, who has also made the SonoGlo and the MammoMark. He clarified that he developed […]
Claim: Social media post claim that a popular indoor plant, dieffenbachia, is so deadly that it could kill an adult in 15 minutes and a child in less than a minute and may also cause permanent blindness. Fact: Claims that the dieffenbachia plant leads to death if ingested and permanent blindness if rubbed into the […]
Claim: There is an electrostatic force between mobile phones and charged particles in clouds that can cause mobile phones to be hit by lightning. Activating flight mode on mobile phones helps avoid lightning strikes. Activating flight mode also helps avoid interference during WhatsApp calls. Activating flight mode switches off all of a mobile phone’s sensors and […]
Claims: ● The results of a recent study prove that the greater the age difference between two people in a couple, the lower the probability of divorce. Fact: ● There is no recent study that conclusively suggests there is an inverse relationship between age difference and probability of divorce. ● The study cited in the […]
Claims: ● If consumed everyday, the leaves of the giloy plant prevent all types of disease for 80 years. ● The leaves have the ability to cure life-threatening diseases, such as cancer, within a few days. ● The giloy plant will be sold for the price of gold. ● Eating the leaves burns excess fat […]