SCIENCE

'Positive' and 'negative' control swabs in Covid-19 test kits only used for quality control, experts say

Published on 22/04/2021 at 04:07

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

Published on 13/04/2021 at 09:15

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 06:44

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

Published on 24/03/2021 at 19:20

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

Published on 23/03/2021 at 16:42

Pelicans do not cool down by pushing spines out of mouths

Published on 18/03/2021 at 17:36

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 10:16

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

Updated on 27/04/2021 at 16:54

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 14:22

Misleading video on risks from charging phone spreads worldwide

Published on 04/03/2021 at 19:20

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

Published on 04/03/2021 at 11:20

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

Published on 03/03/2021 at 12:45

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