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303 claims analyzed Last updated 2026-02-20

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Well-Supported 29 (9.6%) Disputed 0 (0%) Misleading 2 (0.7%) Unverified 272 (89.8%)

Of the 31 claims in Science with evidence either way, 94% held up.

Most disputed · animal-behavior
Most active · 2026-02
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208 d ago · nytimes.com Science

More than a hundred of Golem Grad’s oldest males have numbers carved into their shells.

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208 d ago · nytimes.com Science

The scientists predict in the new study that Golem Grad’s last female tortoise will die in 2083.

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208 d ago · nytimes.com Science

In a matter of decades, they may disappear and take their secrets with them.

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208 d ago · nytimes.com Science

Dr. Arsovski said, “We have no idea where they come from.”

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208 d ago · nytimes.com Science

On multiple occasions, scientists saw them throw themselves off the cliffs.

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208 d ago · nytimes.com Science

There were far more adult males than females — 19 males for every female on the plateau, at the latest count.

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208 d ago · nytimes.com Science

The island, in Lake Prespa, has a forested plateau encircled by sheer cliffs.

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208 d ago · nytimes.com Science

The relentless males are driving their population to extinction.

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208 d ago · nytimes.com Science

Indians are now the largest Asian group in the United States among people who identify with one country of origin, though they constitute only about 1.5 percent of the overall population, according to a 2023 census report.

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208 d ago · nytimes.com Science

Between January 2023 and December 2025, the use of anti-South Asian slurs in online spaces associated with targeted violence rose by 115 percent, according to Stop AAPI Hate, a nonprofit that tracks discrimination against Asian Americans.

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208 d ago · nytimes.com Science

That same year, Dallas-Fort Worth ranked fourth among metropolitan areas for approved H-1B applications.

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208 d ago · nytimes.com Science

You can see how he would try to entice elites into his orbit by inviting anyone he could think of to his home, to dinner parties and to his island — and who bit and who said no almost right away.

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208 d ago · nytimes.com Science

Epstein said, “I fully understand my toxicity for the moment.”

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208 d ago · nytimes.com Science

Scientists worry that we’re losing sight of the stars in the smear of city lights.

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208 d ago · nytimes.com Science

A tomcat was sitting between two open sidewalk cellar doors outside a deli.

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208 d ago · nytimes.com Science

We don’t want them to associate people with food because then they’ll get close, and they may approach a person that’s not comfortable with them.

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208 d ago · nytimes.com Science

Animal experts do not condone this behavior.

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208 d ago · nytimes.com Science

Her fans named her Zelda, and she survived a decade of touristy summers, frosty winters and even Hurricane Sandy but died after being hit by a car in 2014.

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208 d ago · nytimes.com Science

Astoria crosses State Street to bask in the warmth emanating from the Starbucks on the corner.

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208 d ago · nytimes.com Science

Sitting in your room alone taking selfies actually hinders you from satisfying your need for social connection.

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