Yearly Archives: 2022

Cheetahs race greyhounds, sometimes

A post on Facebook claims that an experiment was conducted to race a cheetah against greyhounds with a picture appearing to show a cheetah sitting in the starting box while the dogs run ahead.  The post says that when the cheetah didn’t bother participating, the race coordinator explained its behaviour by saying: “A cheetah uses… Read More »

The Covid-19 vaccines don’t have ‘negative efficacy’

Several Facebook posts have shared data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) with the claim that the Covid-19 vaccines have negative effectiveness against the disease, meaning they would make vaccinated people more likely to catch Covid. One post, which appeared on 24 December 2021, linked directly to a Twitter thread about the UKHSA data.… Read More »

Express overstates Brexit trade deal value, again

“Since Brexit, Britain has been able to strike new free trade deals with 70 countries worth over £760billion, according to the Government.” Daily Express, 16 January 2022. The Express has repeated a misleading claim about Britain’s trade deals, despite having already amended a previous article which made the same claim, after being approached by Full… Read More »

Lemonade and Fanta don’t test positive for Covid-19

A Facebook post with four thousand shares shows a picture of eight lateral flow tests. Each has been labelled, suggesting they have been tested with different things including different soft drinks, water, and one which was tested with a “real swab”.  The tests labelled ‘real swab’, ‘water’ and ‘Diet Coke’ show a seemingly negative result,… Read More »

A video of several fans making a paper plane fly is CGI

A video shared by a Facebook page called “Science world” of several strategically placed room fans appearing to keep a paper aeroplane flying between them is captioned: “when physicists get bored”. However, the video does not show a genuine experiment, but a 3D animation.  It was first put out on Instagram in 2016 by Vernon… Read More »

5 Ways to Manage Conflict in a Team Effectively

Conflicts are unavoidable when working as part of a team. We all have different points of view, opinions, and ways of doing things. This is not necessarily a bad thing. Many times it can be beneficial and helps us broaden our points of view and ways of completing the same task or project. During the… Read More »

The CDC has not ‘dropped’ all PCR tests

It has been claimed on social media that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in America has stopped using RT-PCR tests as they cannot differentiate between Covid-19 and the flu. This is not true. These claims appear to originate from a news site called TrialNews, which published an article with the headline: “CDC… Read More »