When a spirit level is flat, what does that mean relative to Earth?
The reading from a spirit, or bubble, level is dependent on many factors, say our readers, including the effect of the moon …
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What does the angle of a spirit level mean relative to Earth?
Our readers explain that spirit (or bubble) levels indicate the direction of Earth’s gravitational pull, though local variations are unlikely to make a practical difference for putting up shelves …
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If Earth was flat, how would gravity manifest?
Our readers have a lot of fun getting to grips with this one, working out how such an Earth would look – and what its inhabitants might be like …
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We don’t have any viable way of countering conspiracy theories
Several conspiracy theories flourished during the covid-19 pandemic John B Hewitt/Alamy The vast majority of methods for quashing belief in conspiracy theories have little or no effect and the ones that do work are impractical. That is the conclusion of
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From Satanic panics to QAnon: A guide to fake news and conspiracies
By Simon Ings The symbol of the QAnon far-right conspiracy theory Pacific Press/Lightrocket via Getty Images You Are Here Whitney Phillips and Ryan M. Milner Advertisement MIT Press THIS is a book about pollution, not of the physical environment, but
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How social media can nudge people into becoming conspiracy theorists
By Matthew Sparkes Conspiracy theory groups like QAnon find followerson social media sitesREUTERS/Patrick Fallon CLAMPING down on conspiracy theories may not help tackle extremist views online, instead it might cause them to proliferate. Shruti Phadke at the University of Washington
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The absurd QAnon conspiracy theory is expanding into science denial
A harmful political conspiracy theory is now embracing science denial. Combating it is important, but it won’t be easy, writes Graham Lawton Humans | Comment 16 September 2020 By Graham Lawton Joe Raedle/Getty Images AS THE weeks and months of
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Conspiracy theories
Is covid-19 caused by the 5G phone network, or the product of a … Welcome to the paranoid, topsy-turvy world of the conspiracy theory. Think of any major world event and there is almost …
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