Science and technology

“The Space Foundation has erased the honors previously bestowed on Yuri Gagarin, the first man to ever be in space. His name was stripped ‘in light of current events.’”

PolitiFact says: The Space Foundation removed Yuri Gagarin’s name from an event after it received anti-Russian comments online. The group didn't revoke any formal honors from the cosmonaut or remove celebrations of him from the event.

“Buzz Aldrin’s comments during an interview with Conan O’Brien prove the moon landing was fake.”

“Manny Pacquiao said the solution to the slow internet speed in the Philippines is to believe in God.”

“the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced that planet Earth will go dark for six days in December 2020”

“Food crops can be engineered right now based on existing technology to cause infertility in Black people alone.”

PolitiFact says: The technology does not exist to cause infertility in people of a certain race by tampering with food crops using RNA interference.

“Bongbong Marcos was the first man on the moon”

“Astronaut Mark Kelly once smuggled a full gorilla suit on board the International Space Station.”

“Visuals of artificial apples manufacturing process in China”

FACTLY says: The video shared in the post was first published by a Tik Tok user named ‘@cacao_ing’. This video shows the manufacturing process of chocolate apple candies in China. The Chinese give these candies as Christmas or Valen…

“Video showing China’s launch of the artificial sun into the sky”

FACTLY says: As part of its plan to launch an artificial Sun, China has recently conducted a nuclear reactor test which resulted in the nuclear fusion reactor sustaining a temperature of 158 million degrees Fahrenheit (70 million de…

“Video shows China launching an “artificial sun” into space.”

“Video of English singer-songwriter David Bowie predicting the impact of internet back in 1999”

FACTLY says: The viral video is a parody of the real David Bowie’s old interview on Newsnight in 1999, created by Michael Spicer. Though David Bowie talks about the internet in the original interview, at no point in the interview he…

“According to a report by a NASA scientist, USA is going to create 6th and 7th generation supercomputers based on Sanskrit language by 2025 and 2034 respectively”

FACTLY says: There is no evidence to show that a report by a NASA scientist says that America is working on 6th and 7th generation supercomputers based on Sanskrit language. A 1985 paper published by Rick Briggs just says that Sansk…

“The push for high-speed internet for rural areas, from the start, “was a Democratic thing.”

“NASA study says snake plants can produce enough oxygen for humans to live in a sealed room.”

PolitiFact says: The NASA study investigated how plants removed toxins in a sealed chamber. Researchers did not study humans living in sealed chambers with plants.

“Post claiming the Philippine quest to space will begin in Mati City, Davao Oriental is accompanied by a photo of a satellite launcher surrounded by a grassy field”

“A YouTube series featuring Kamala Harris talking to kids about science uses paid child actors.”

“Instead of jabbing Americans ... with a dangerous shot which injects them with these spike proteins . . . guess what? I now have natural immunity and double the antibodies, and that's science.”

PolitiFact says: The shots aren't dangerous. They are safe and effective.

“King of Bahrain arriving in Dubai with his robot bodyguard that contains 360 cameras and a handgun. Technology outgrows history.”

“A 14-year-old girl from Aurangabad, Maharashtra, got selected as a panellist on the Minority Serving Institution (MSI) Fellowships Virtual Panel of NASA.”

“NASA said that asteroid Bennu is set to hit the earth”