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A believer in flat-Earth conspiracies took another shot at shooting himself toward the stratosphere in a homemade rocket. Once again, it fell flat. “Mad Mike” Hughes, a self-proclaimed daredevil who rejects the fact that the Earth is round, posted a ...

— -- There are a few undisputed truths that most people agree on: The sky is blue, one plus one equals two and Earth is round. But for a group of flat Earth believers that final point is up for ...

Moving with missionary zeal, Nathan Thompson swept into a brewpub here bearing a battered globe under his arm with the words “this is a scam” scrawled on the side. He dropped the defaced orb like a vanquished enemy on a ...

Kyrie Irving adopted a theory that the Earth is not round, but flat, last season. Now, in an appearance on the Jan. 12 edition of The J.J. Redick Podcast, Irving admitted his flat Earth theory came from none other than ...

In the stew of false information and conspiracy theories that swirls online, perhaps no idea is as flummoxing as the belief in a flat Earth. Flat-Earthers believe that the Earth is a flat disc ringed by an ice wall. All ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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” ...

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 ...

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 ...

A conference aimed at disputing the idea that the world is round just wrapped up in North Carolina. The first-ever 2017 Flat Earth International Conference (FEIC) was held in Raleigh on Nov. 9 and 10, featuring some of the big ...

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 ...

The Emmy Awards stirred controversy last month with politically charged speeches and comedy routines, many targeting U.S. President Donald Trump. In Russia, meanwhile, that country’s analogous awards show has triggered ridicule and outrage after its trophy for best “educational program” ...

Proving Earth is round (Image credit: NASA) Rapper B.o.B wants to crowdfund his own satellite and launch it into space to find out, once and for all, whether the Earth is flat or round. As a flat-Earth conspiracy theorist, the ...

Seeking to raise $200,000 (£150,000) on the GoFundMe crowd-funding website, B.o.B refers to himself as “Flat Earth Bob”. At the time of writing he had raised a little over $650, but the campaign was trending on the GoFundMe site. *** ...

Musician B.o.B has started a GoFundMe campaign that’s looking to raise $1 million to “launch one, if not multiple, satellites into space,” toward the goal of “finding the curve.” In other words: B.o.B would like you to give him a ...

Thinkstock by Getty Images The Denver Post recently featured an article about Coloradans who believe that the Earth is flat. As if that wasn’t surprising enough, some members of this community also believe that they are the recipients of flat-Earth ...

Every Tuesday at 6 p.m., three dozen Coloradans from every corner of the state assemble in the windowless back room of a small Fort Collins coffee shop. They have met 16 times since March, most nights talking through the ins ...

Some people just want to be heard. Others are mad that people who just want to be heard get heard, especially when it pertains to something they consider a nonsensical conspiracy theory. That’s my takeaway from the reaction to a ...