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Oct 31, 2017

What in the World? Flat-Earthers Gather at First Conference

A conference aimed at disputing the idea that the world is round just wrapped up in North Carolina. The first-ever 2017 Flat Earth International Conference (FEIC) was held in Raleigh on Nov. 9 and 10, featuring some of the big names in round-Earth denial. Among the speakers were Darryle Marble,...

Nov 27, 2017

US Government Shuts Down Flat-Earther's Rocket Launch

Mad Mike Hughes, a flat-Earth conspiracy theorist, will have to wait a little longer to test his science-busting rocket. Hughes had previously announced plans to launch himself in a homemade rocket to a height of 1,800 feet (550 meters) above California's Mojave Desert. But the launch, which Hughes had said...

Nov 27, 2017

The Yeti: Asia's Abominable Snowman

The Yeti, once better known as the Abominable Snowman, is a mysterious bipedal creature said to live in the mountains of Asia. It sometimes leaves tracks in snow, but is also said to dwell below the Himalayan snow line. Despite dozens of expeditions into the remote mountain regions of Russia,...

Nov 28, 2017

'Yeti' Hair? Nothing So Abominable, Scientists Find

The yeti, also known as the abominable snowman, looms large in the folklore of Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet. Reported sightings of the mythic creature have persisted for centuries in the high mountains of Asia, and people who live in the region have collected hairs, bones and other samples that they...

Nov 29, 2017

Even a Kid Can Prove the Earth Is Round: Here's How

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Could 2,000 years of belief be wrong? Are we in fact living on a disc rather than a globe? One believer from the Flat Earth Society is determined to...

Dec 19, 2017

Navy Pilot Was 'Pretty Weirded Out' by Encounter with Unidentified Object in 2004

See more The U.S. Department of Defense had a secret program to investigate reports of unidentified flying objects, and former Navy pilots in the program say they had a stunning encounter with a UFO in 2004. The New York Times tells of the mission of Cmdr. David Fravor and Lt....

Dec 25, 2017

Jade Eggs and Gay Lions: The Biggest Myths Debunked in 2017

2017 Debunked Myths (Image credit: KanitChurem/Shutterstock)It's not uncommon for people to make faulty claims or misinterpret events when science is concerned. This includes the jade eggs that Gwyneth Paltrow said would boost reproductive health and whether those cuddling male lions photographed together in Kenya were gay. Live Science continuously debunks...

Jan 22, 2018

Flat-Earth Rocketeer Says He Will Launch in Two Weeks

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Feb 1, 2018

Conspiracy Theorists Don't Trust Vaccines Either

If someone vehemently argues that President John F. Kennedy's assassination was an inside job, that Princess Diana was murdered or that the U.S. government knew about the attack on New York City's World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, and declined to stop it, they might also skip vaccinations, according...

Feb 5, 2018

Flat-Earth Rocketeer Fails to Launch (Again)

The flat-Earth rocketeer remains planet-bound. Mad Mike Hughes, a flat-Earth conspiracy theorist who has managed to get significant attention for his now-repeated failed rocket launches, strapped himself into his second homemade rocket Saturday (Feb. 3). But, as Noize TV documented in an excruciating 11-minute livestream of the event, Hughes' rocket...

Feb 7, 2018

Yup, Flat-Earthers Think the Falcon Heavy Launch Was a Conspiracy

Yesterday's successful launch of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket also sent an unusual payload into space: a cherry-red Tesla Roadster manned by a dummy named Starman and equipped with cameras that provided gorgeous views of Earth against the backdrop of space. But flat-Earthers aren't buying it. People who believe that the...

Mar 12, 2018

Yep, the Earth Is Still Round, Neil deGrasse Tyson Says

Cosmos host and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson recently shot down the ideas of anyone who still thinks the Earth is flat. In a new YouTube video on the scientist's StarTalk channel, he used examples ranging from space observations to ancient Greek experiments in a conversation with stand-up comedian Chuck Nice....

Mar 25, 2018

Flat-Earther Blasts Himself into the Sky on Homemade Rocket (and He Survives)

A flat-Earth conspiracy theorist named Mike Hughes finally lifted off our spherical planet's surface into the skies aboard a self-made, steam-powered rocket Saturday (March 24). Mad Mike believes, of course mistakenly, that the Earth is flat, and his plan since November 2017 has been to launch himself upwards of 1,800...

Apr 4, 2018

A Third of Young Millennials Are Confused About This Incontrovertible Fact

The findings don't necessarily indicate an epidemic of flat-Earthism, as only 4 percent of the 18- to 24-year-old age group said they actually believe the world is flat. Rather, there seem to be a relatively large number in this age group who are willing to entertain doubts: 9 percent said...

May 2, 2018

Flat-Earthers Explain Why We Don't Fall Off the Edge of Our Planet, and It Involves Pac-Man

More than 200 flat-earthers descended on West Midlands, England, this past weekend to engage freely in deep and meaningful discussions, according to the Flat Earth Convention UK. The Earth's glorious globular-ness was proved more than 2,000 years ago by the ancient Greeks, but there's a small subset of people who...