If you get caught outdoors during a lightning storm, safety experts once recommended adopting a crouched position to lessen your chances of being struck by lightning. It turns out, however, that the position doesn’t make you any safer. In response to social media and other internet sources allegedly spreading misinformation about lightning safety, the National […]
Scientists Debunk Claim That Iran’s 2024 Earthquake Was a Nuclear Weapons Test
On October 5, 2024, Iran was struck by an earthquake. Just minutes later, rumors began to spread on social media that it hadn’t been a natural event, but a secret Iranian nuclear weapons test. Now, researchers led by Johns Hopkins University have debunked these claims in a study published on February 3 in the journal […]