All articles tagged with #mythbusting
Originally Published 7 days ago — by BBC
Brothers Dr. Xand and Dr. Chris van Tulleken discuss and debunk common health worries, including microplastics in the brain, the necessity of high protein intake, and magnesium supplements, emphasizing that many health concerns are exaggerated or unnecessary to stress over.
Originally Published 27 days ago — by Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At
The article critiques the exaggerated hype surrounding AI and cloud computing, highlighting massive, often misleading financial deals by companies like Oracle and NVIDIA, and questioning the authenticity of the AI boom, which is driven more by mythology and propaganda than real demand or technological breakthroughs.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by The New York Times
A recent study suggests that vampire bats are faster than previously thought, challenging the myth that humans can easily outrun them. This new understanding of their speed and agility highlights the bats' efficiency as predators and may influence how we perceive their threat level.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by ScienceAlert
The walking palm (Socratea exorrhiza), a tree rumored to move through the rainforests of Central and South America, does not actually walk. Despite tales of its ability to chase sunlight by moving up to 20 meters a year, studies by tropical ecologist Gerardo Avalos and others have debunked this myth, showing that while the tree can grow new roots to stabilize itself, it remains fixed to its place of germination. The long stilt roots of the walking palm are thought to help the tree exploit light gaps in the dense rainforest canopy, rather than for locomotion.