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What to know about claims of California 'radiation fog'
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snopes_feedThe massive blanket of fog wasn't filled with radioative material, as some claimed.
snopes_feedWatch out for rumor Helen Mirren announced $107M Netflix investment
Dec. 14th, 2025 12:00 amsnopes_feedA similar false story about actor Bette Midler investing millions into Netflix also circulated on social media around the same time.
17 Trump Truth Social posts we've debunked
Dec. 13th, 2025 07:00 pmsnopes_feedSocial media users often make up posts to satirize the president's real posts and views.
What we know about claims of Army veteran George Retes' arrest and detention
Dec. 13th, 2025 02:30 amsnopes_feedPosts shared testimony from Retes, who claimed ICE agents violently detained him despite his statements that he was a U.S. citizen and veteran.
Did Dolly Parton pull her music from Amazon to protest Bezos-Trump alignment?
Dec. 13th, 2025 01:05 amsnopes_feedAs of Dec. 12, 2025, her music remained on Amazon streaming platforms.
Did trucker Rusty Miller rescue mother and baby from snowy highway?
Dec. 13th, 2025 12:53 amsnopes_feedAccording to the story, the truck driver allegedly said, "I slammed the brakes so hard my coffee flew out of the holder."
Polaroids of Trump and Epstein with young women are fake. Here's the proof
Dec. 13th, 2025 12:00 amsnopes_feedThe images circulated online as House Oversight Democrats continued to release photos, videos and emails from the Epstein estate.
White House really posted image of Trump as Minecraft character
Dec. 12th, 2025 11:27 pmsnopes_feedDespite the freedom with which people can customize their characters in the popular game, this particularly image wasn't a real game screenshot.
Newly released Epstein estate photo shows Trump with 6 women
Dec. 12th, 2025 10:39 pmsnopes_feedHouse Oversight Democrats released 19 photos from a trove of 95,000 images, four of which featured the president or his likeness.
Did Liam Neeson narrate anti-vaccine documentary? Claim is true
Dec. 12th, 2025 10:30 pmsnopes_feedWhile the actor narrated an anti-vaccine documentary, he has expressed support for vaccines before, calling them a "remarkable human success story."
Did Erika Kirk launch $175M school for orphans and homeless children in Chicago?
Dec. 12th, 2025 09:57 pmsnopes_feedAccording to Facebook posts, "The story has gone viral, with millions calling it 'the most meaningful tribute in modern American philanthropy.'"
Don't fall for photo showing Trump using walker
Dec. 12th, 2025 09:09 pmsnopes_feedThe image contained "SynthID," Google's own invisible watermark, according to the company's artificial intelligence assistant.
Some Arctic warming ‘irreversible’ even if we cut atmospheric CO2
Dec. 12th, 2025 05:00 pmnewscientist_feedEfforts to lower the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere may come too late to prevent long-term changes to the Arctic
Rumor claims Massachusetts millionaires tax raised $1.5B. The real number is higher
Dec. 12th, 2025 06:41 pmsnopes_feedFunding from the "Fair Share" amendment helped support free school meals and community college, among other initiatives.
Mars may once have had a much larger moon
Dec. 12th, 2025 03:00 pmnewscientist_feedThere are two small moons in orbit around Mars today, but both may be remnants of a much larger moon that had enough of a gravitational pull to drive tides in the Red Planet's lost lakes and seas
De-extinction was big news in 2025 – but didn't live up to the hype
Dec. 10th, 2025 06:00 pmnewscientist_feedBiologists poured cold water on Colossal Biosciences’ claim to have brought the dire wolf back from extinction, and some worry the overblown headlines will undermine conservation work
Test your brain on these mind-bending scientific riddles
Dec. 10th, 2025 06:00 pmnewscientist_feedA bizarre Christmas dinner invitation, some mysterious carol singers and even a spot of charades. Can you solve all 12 of our unique festive riddles?
8 rumors we've investigated about relationship between Trump and FIFA
Dec. 12th, 2025 02:00 pmsnopes_feedAs the U.S. prepared for the 2026 World Cup, rumors abounded about the rapport between the president and the international soccer organization.