SCIENCE

Black threads in face masks are harmless textile fibres, scientists say

Published on 13/04/2021 at 09:45

Several videos showing close-up shots of face masks have been shared online alongside a claim that the masks' black threads are “worms” or “parasites”. The claim is false, according to scientists, who told AFP that the threads are harmless fibres.

Bill Gates has not bought Telegram messaging app

Updated on 13/04/2021 at 08:05

This video shows a digital animation, not real drones playing volleyball

Published on 07/04/2021 at 07:00

Film portraying a pandemic’s devastation is not set in 2021

Published on 24/03/2021 at 19:23

Anti-lockdown group promotes misleading claims about face masks as 'fact check'

Published on 23/03/2021 at 16:44

Pelicans do not cool down by pushing spines out of mouths

Published on 18/03/2021 at 17:38

Old hoax circulates on Thai social media warning people to turn off mobile phones due to harmful cosmic rays passing Earth

Published on 12/03/2021 at 10:35

No, the video was originally uploaded as satire by a Greece-based Facebook user

Published on 12/03/2021 at 10:15

False news reports claim Elon Musk is dead after Tesla factory explosion

Updated on 09/03/2021 at 11:52

David Icke interview resurfaces with multiple false claims about Covid-19

Published on 08/03/2021 at 14:23

Misleading video on risks from charging phone spreads worldwide

Published on 04/03/2021 at 19:22

This image taken on Mars shows one of the planet’s two moons and not Earth

Published on 04/03/2021 at 11:22

The photo shows a computer-generated image, not an actual picture of three planets viewed from Mars

Published on 03/03/2021 at 12:47

Videos circulate on social media falsely claiming that snow in the US state of Texas is ‘fake’

Updated on 05/03/2021 at 05:28

This video shows computer generated imagery from a 2006 IMAX documentary

Published on 01/03/2021 at 03:00