Amish schools fined for refusing vaccines
$2,000 per child, per day. In New York, three small Amish schools fined a combined $118,000 in penalties for failing
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Musk inventions hall of shame
Comparison of Popular “Musk Inventions” vs. Prior History Product / Venture The Core Technology What Existed Before Musk Tesla Electric
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Fake science series: Salt-water “powered” lanterns and cubes
Products marketed under names such as WaterLight and HydraCell (or Hydrocell Cube) claim to generate light and electricity simply by
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Fake science series: Pela’s EMF “radiation” shields
Pela sells compostable-looking phone cases and an insert called Ethos that supposedly protects users from “EMF radiation.” The same company
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Fake science series: LK-99 superconductor
In July 2023 a small Korean team posted preprints claiming LK-99—a copper-doped lead apatite—conducted electricity with zero resistance at room
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Fake science series: Direct air capture as climate savior
Companies such as Carbon Engineering promote machines that suck CO₂ straight from the air and bury it underground, promising “negative
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Fake science series: Arctic “ice babies” of submarine
In 2019 a team led by 29-year-old Indonesian architect Faris Rajak Kotahatuhaha proposed a fleet of submarines that would manufacture
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Fake science series: Reflect Orbital’s “sunlight on demand”
California startup Reflect Orbital wants to sell sunlight at night. Founders Ben Nowack (ex-SpaceX) and Tristan Semmelhack plan a constellation
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Scam science series: MIT’s “photomolecular effect”
In late 2023 and 2024, MIT researchers reported that visible light—especially green wavelengths—can drive water evaporation at rates exceeding the
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