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Neil deGrasse Tyson recently called out flat-earthers in one tweet: It’s not just lunar eclipses that would look different if Earth were actually flat. Sports, plants, and even the oceans would be radically different. With help from Caleb Scharf — author of “The Zoomable Universe” and director of …
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Flat-Earthers are having one heck of a week. Not only is one of these deniers of terrestrial sphericalness about to embark on a most audacious experiment, but they’ve now come to the attention of none other than Elon Musk. The Tesla and SpaceX chief has a bit of a vested interest in the shape of …
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This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Could 2,000 years of belief be wrong? Are we in fact living on a disc rather than a globe? One believer from the Flat Earth Society is determined to …
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Nov 28th 2017 by THE DATA TEAM IT IS a stunt worthy of Evel Knievel. This week, if all goes to plan, “Mad” Mike Hughes, a Californian, will launch himself 1,800 feet (550 metres) into the sky in a homemade steam-powered rocket made of scrap metal. As well as providing entertainment, Mr Hughes wants …
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Could 2,000 years of belief be wrong? Are we in fact living on a disc rather than a globe? One believer from the Flat Earth Society is determined to find out. “Mad” Mike Hughes is all set to build his own rocket to see for himself that the Earth is flat. For the last 50 years, we’ve been able to …
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On Saturday, Nov. 25, a California man is planning to launch himself into the sky in a homemade rocket, in a bid to prove the Earth is flat, an idea scientists have long since called “100 per cent garbage.” “Mad” Mike Hughes, a 61-year-old California flat-Earther is aiming to capture photographic …
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Science is littered with tales of visionaries who paid for pioneering research to prove their theories, and this weekend “Mad” Mike Hughes is hoping to join them. He plans to launch a homemade rocket in California as part of a bid to eventually prove that the Earth is flat.Hughes has spent $20,000 …
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Seeking to prove that a conspiracy of astronauts fabricated the shape of the Earth, a California man intends to launch himself 1,800 feet high on Saturday in a rocket he built from scrap metal. Assuming the 500-mph, mile-long flight through the Mojave Desert does not kill him, Mike Hughes told the …
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Got something you want to ask? Send me your questions through Facebook, Twitter or email (with “Ask Hickey” in the subject line). Your anonymity is guaranteed — if that’s how you want it — so feel free to send them via private/direct message.READ ALL “ASK HICKEY” STORIES HEREAnd now, this week’s …
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Back in February before the All-Star break, Kyrie Irving revealed to the world that he is a flat-earth truther. He revealed his thoughts on the Earth’s form on Richard Jefferson and Channing Frye’s Road Trippin’ podcast (RIP), saying that society has been taught the Earth is round, but no one truly …
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