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In this episode of Life’s Little Mysteries, we’ll explore an idea that originated thousands of years ago, and despite plenty of scientific evidence to the contrary, it mysteriously persists today — the notion that the world is flat. What proof do we have that tells us the Earth is round? How do …
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REVERB is a new documentary series from CBSN Originals. Watch the latest episode, “The War on Science,” in the video player above. Melissa Lau, a middle-school science teacher in Piedmont, Oklahoma, with over 19 years of experience, stood by the doorway of her classroom as the last few of her …
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In a video viewed more than 33,000 times by Monday afternoon, a man approaches students on the Hollis Academy playground in Greenville and reaches over the fence to hand them fliers before yelling out, “Space is fake! You’re not on a spinning ball!”A teacher on the elementary school’s playground …
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Advertising Read more Sao Paulo (AFP) Sitting by a model of the Earth shaped like a pancake, Brazilian restaurant-owner Ricardo lets out an exaggerated laugh: “‘Hahaha!’ That’s how people react when you tell them the Earth is flat,” he says. Ricardo, who declines to give his full name for just that …
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Following the tragic death of ‘Mad’ Mike Hughes, we revisit the real reasons why he launched himself into the air aboard his homemade steam rocket, knowing how risky the stunt was. This past weekend (Feb. 22), Hughes, 64, a daredevil and amateur rocketeer, tragically died during the launch while …
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Because of the way gravity works, which we all encounter in our daily lives, every molecule of air would be drawn to the Earth’s center of mass. Because the Earth is a globe, this means the atmosphere settles around the Earth, pulled toward Earth’s center, but is stopped by the Earth’s surface. The …
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Self-styled daredevil “Mad” Mike Hughes has died after crashing his homemade rocket-balloon into the California desert while supposedly trying to prove that the Earth is flat. It’s not. Nevertheless, Hughes died chasing “proof” of a viral conspiracy theory he championed for years. The 64-year-old …
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That cause turned deadly over the weekend when “Mad” Mike Hughes, “self-styled daredevil, flat-Earth theorist and limousine-jumping stuntman” died in a rocket accident while trying to prove the flat-Earth hypothesis correct. But even the weather shows the Earth isn’t flat. Here’s how. Story …
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On Saturday, 64-year-old “Mad” Mike Hughes was killed when a rocket he was attached to crashed in the desert in San Bernardino County, California. Hughes was a member of the Flat Earth community, a subculture consisting of people who (despite all scientific evidence pointing squarely to the …
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