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 »
A Facebook post shared almost 340,000 times claims that dialling 55 after ringing 999 will prompt emergency call handlers to dispatch police to you without the need to speak. The post states: “If you’re in a situation where you can’t speak [for example] choking, heart attack, intruder, domestic violence, etc. Ring 999 when they answer,… Read More »
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 »
“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 »
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 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 »
Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 319, click here. 1. An old woman leaving her home with just a portrait of her husband and rugs. Russian soldiers gave her just 5 minutes to pack her bags and leave before they destroyed her home and everything in it. Her sons and husband were…… Read More »
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 »
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 »
