SCIENCE

Posts falsely claim India's space research agency 'developed' global radio streaming platform

Published on 16/09/2021 at 09:42

A claim that India's space research agency developed a streaming platform that allows users to tune in to any radio station in the world has been repeatedly shared on Facebook. But the claim is false. The streaming platform -- called "Radio Garden" -- was developed in the Netherlands. India's space research agency "was not involved in the development", a spokesman for the Dutch organisation that commissioned the project told AFP.

Artwork photo misused anew in misleading posts about gene research in Japan

Published on 14/09/2021 at 10:50

Dental experts do not recommmend drinking pineapple juice before tooth extraction

Updated on 10/09/2021 at 15:12

Study did not say vaccinated Covid-19 patients carry higher viral load

Updated on 09/09/2021 at 16:59

This video of robots 'attacking' shoppers is computer-generated

Published on 30/08/2021 at 07:52

Posts warning of 'imminent attack in Afghanistan valley' share old image of Pakistan village

Updated on 31/08/2021 at 03:00

Collage uses fake photos to illustrate a US sideshow performer from the 1800s

Published on 26/08/2021 at 11:26

This photo has circulated in reports about Iran in the 1970s

Updated on 19/08/2021 at 07:32

Image collage does not show 'flower of the Holy Spirit'

Published on 18/08/2021 at 07:46

The sewing machine was invented centuries after Prophet Mohammed

Published on 17/08/2021 at 08:16

This image shows carbon nanotube artwork, not a cross-section of DNA

Published on 09/08/2021 at 08:17

Experts deny claims that taking painkillers after Covid-19 vaccine causes death

Published on 05/08/2021 at 14:58

This black-and-white picture shows an African slave trader, not an 18th-century Indian ruler

Published on 04/08/2021 at 06:15

This footage is from a video game

Updated on 02/08/2021 at 11:31

Flying over the Kaaba in Mecca is not banned because of 'magnetic attraction'

Updated on 04/08/2021 at 12:01