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63 Years of Moon Crashes In 2019, India’s Vikram and Israel’s Beresheet landers both crashed into the moon during their landing attempts. The two unplanned impacts were the latest in a series of crashes, belly flops and hard landings — some intentional, others unplanned — since a Soviet probe first …
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The relationship between disinformation and political propaganda is often a hazy and complex one. Here, JM Lanuza, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of the Philippines, and Jonathan Corpus Ong, Associate Professor of Global Digital Media, University of Massachusetts, …
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The relationship between disinformation and political propaganda is often a hazy and complex one. Here, JM Lanuza, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of the Philippines, and Jonathan Corpus Ong, Associate Professor of Global Digital Media, University of Massachusetts, …
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A highly engaged group of conspiracy theorists can override a fact-based endeavor’s internet ads. This was a lesson that Benedict Redgrove, a photographer, said he took away from his recent attempt to advertise his space photo project on Facebook and Instagram. Another lesson was that flat earthers …
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The group of students from Sussex University, who say they believe the Earth is flat, are meeting for drinks at the pub in Middle Street, Brighton, on September 4. Many believers, who call themselves Flat Earthers, believe Nasa is a conspiracy, that the sun revolves around the Earth and the planet …
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All around the world, there are conspiracy theorists who believe the Earth is flat. And their community seems to be growing, judging by attendance at flat Earth conferences and events. Flat Earthers say YouTube was key in helping them spread their message. One researcher found that of attendees at …
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Wednesdays beginning July 24, 9:00 and 10:00 pm In this five-part series, NOVA explores the awesome beauty of the planets, including Saturn’s 175,000-mile-wide rings, Mars’ ancient waterfalls four times the size of any found on Earth, and Neptune’s winds—12 times stronger than any hurricane felt on …
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A little over a year ago I was doing my rounds in Brooklyn, surveying trees for an invasive beetle species, when one of my co-workers shared an odd piece of information with me: Flat Earthers, people who believe the Earth is flat instead of spherical, also believe that trees don’t exist. That’s a …
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Though people once believed the Earth was flat, science has since confirmed that our planet is an oblate spheroid. Flat Earth theorists, however, have maintained this is a full-blown conspiracy. Many Flat Earthers claim that NASA is deceiving us and insist that the world isn’t spherical but …
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There’s hardly a more perfect place to discuss the merits of a flat Earth than a fake British pub, situated on a fake street in the world’s shittiest tourist attraction. Myself and four of the most well-known flat earthers in the world are in the Sherlock Holmes pub in West Edmonton Mall’s Bourbon …
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