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Annals of Technology What a Conspiracy Theorist Believes On a four-point scale, from one (strongly disagree) to four (strongly agree), please rate the following statements: “The Apollo moon landings never happened and were staged in a Hollywood film studio”; ”Princess Diana’s death was not an …
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Even Moon landing hoaxers toe the party line. Who knew? A study reported on by our sister site LiveScience reveals that the polarizing rift between Democrats and Republicans hits conspiracy theorists, too. The report by Bad Science debunker Ben Radford states: As one might expect, the more far-out …
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Conspiracy theories are as American as apple pie. A national poll released this week by Public Policy Polling (PPP) found that some popular conspiracy theories in the United States have persisted for years, like the belief that a UFO crashed in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947. Meanwhile, new theories …
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A Flat Earth model depicting Antarctica as an ice wall surrounding a disc-shaped Earth.Members of the Flat Earth Society claim to believe the Earth is flat. Walking around on the planet’s surface, it looks andfeels flat, so they deem all evidence to the contrary, such as satellite photos of Earth …
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Burbank, Calif. WHEN “The Shining” was released in 1980, many viewers, including the critic Pauline Kael, left theaters mystified by what they had just seen. Expecting a standard frightfest based on a Stephen King best seller, they got an unexplained river of blood surging out of hotel elevators, a …
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Apologies to anyone whose bubble will burst, but “Apollo 18,” the film opening Friday (Sept. 2), is fictional. The film, purporting to be produced from footage kept secret by NASA and leaked to the media, chronicles a NASA mission to the moon that went awry when astronauts encountered signs of …
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As a GeekDad who also works in the space program, I often think about all of the myths and conspiracies associated with space exploration and how I will ensure that my Geekling will be brought up with the ability to separate the sand from the moon dust. With the current celebration of the 40th …
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(CNN) — It captivated millions of people around the world for eight days in the summer of 1969. It brought glory to the embattled U.S. space program and inspired beliefs that anything was possible. Moon landing hoax theorists point to the “rippling” flag as evidence the landings were faked. It’s …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The original recordings of the first humans landing on the moon 40 years ago were erased and re-used, but newly restored copies of the original broadcast look even better, NASA officials said on Thursday. Slideshow ( 10 images ) NASA released the first glimpses of a complete …
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July 19, 2009 — It is perhaps the most iconic image of the 20th century: man landing on the moon, planting an American flag and saying those famous words: “…one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.” It was an incredible feat. So incredible that many found it hard to believe at the time. …
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