412 Science claim verifications avg. score 5.9/10 212 rated true or mostly true 152 rated false or mostly false
“A child's adult height is primarily inherited from the father rather than the mother.”
Height is not mainly inherited from the father. The best available evidence shows adult height is a highly polygenic trait shaped by many genes inherited from both parents, plus environmental factors such as nutrition and health. Studies cited for a paternal effect are either preliminary, locus-specific, or misinterpreted, and some actually show strong maternal associations rather than paternal dominance.
“In most OECD member-country electricity markets, the levelized cost of energy for new utility-scale solar photovoltaic power and new onshore wind power is lower than the levelized cost of energy for new natural-gas combined-cycle power plants.”
Available high-quality evidence supports the claim’s broad direction: new onshore wind, and often utility-scale solar, usually have lower project-level LCOE than new gas combined-cycle plants across much of the OECD. OECD cross-country data, plus recent U.S. and European studies, point the same way. The main limitation is incomplete OECD-wide coverage, and solar’s advantage depends more on local sunlight and gas-price conditions.
“Solar and wind power are the cheapest sources of new electricity generation in most major markets.”
Current evidence broadly supports the statement for utility-scale solar PV and onshore wind. Major recent analyses from the IEA, EIA, BloombergNEF, Wood Mackenzie, and Lazard generally find them to be the cheapest new-build options in many large markets. The key limitation is that this is mostly an LCOE comparison; full system costs and some regional gas markets can change the ranking.
“Eoraptor lunensis is not considered a close relative of Tyrannosaurus rex within theropod dinosaurs.”
The evidence strongly indicates that Eoraptor was not a close relative of Tyrannosaurus rex. Recent phylogenetic work usually places Eoraptor outside Theropoda or at most very near its base, far from the derived tyrannosaur lineage. The only meaningful caveat is that the phrase "within theropod dinosaurs" is somewhat imprecise because Eoraptor may not have been a theropod at all.
“Kapachim is a defined industrial or scientific process with a standard set of steps documented in technical sources.”
The evidence does not support “Kapachim” as a defined industrial or scientific process with standard documented steps. Authoritative patent, standards, chemistry, engineering, and scholarly sources do not recognize any such named process. The references that do mention KAPACHIM treat it as a company or facility, and the cited process steps are generic chemical-production steps, not a documented protocol called “Kapachim.”
“In lophotrochozoan invertebrates, including annelids and mollusks, chemosensory ionotropic receptors detect environmental chemical signals and mediate sensory perception, especially aquatic olfaction and gustation.”
Current evidence supports a chemosensory role for ionotropic receptors in annelids and mollusks, but not as conclusively as the claim suggests. Peer-reviewed studies show conserved IR genes and expression in olfactory or gustatory organs of lophotrochozoans such as Aplysia, Capitella, and Sepia. The main limitation is that direct receptor-level and behavioral proof in these taxa is still limited compared with arthropods.
“Formal education programs that effectively integrate Information and Communication Technologies, Learning and Knowledge Technologies, and Technologies for Empowerment and Participation improve students' learning outcomes compared with formal education programs that do not integrate these technologies.”
Evidence indicates that well-designed technology integration in formal education often improves learning outcomes compared with no integration. The strongest support is for ICT used with sound pedagogy, appropriate duration, and fit to subject and age group. However, the claim overextends the evidence by treating a broader three-part technology bundle as established and by implying benefits are uniform across contexts.
“About 35% of microplastics in the ocean originate from synthetic textiles.”
The 35% figure is real, but it is commonly tied to a narrower statistic: the share of primary microplastics released to the ocean from washing synthetic textiles. That does not justify saying 35% of all microplastics in the ocean originate from textiles. Credible sources also report wider ranges and lower estimates, so the unqualified claim overstates both scope and certainty.
“As of May 8, 2026, peer-reviewed scientific evidence proves the existence of the Abrahamic God as understood in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.”
No peer-reviewed scientific evidence, as of May 8, 2026, establishes or proves the existence of the Abrahamic God. The strongest sources say science has not produced such proof and is not methodologically equipped to verify a specific supernatural deity in the way the claim asserts. Materials arguing for God in the source list are mainly philosophical, theological, or apologetic rather than empirical scientific demonstrations.
“The Sorek Desalination Plant in Israel produces about 624,000 cubic meters of water per day.”
The claimed daily output is in the right range, but 624,000 m³/day is not the strongest authoritative figure. The plant developer lists about 640,000 m³/day, while other official documents cite about 150 million m³/year, reflecting a different annual output measure. So the statement is broadly accurate in scale but imprecise about which metric it is using.
“Leguminous plants enrich soil by fixing atmospheric nitrogen into forms that are available for plant uptake.”
The core biological mechanism is well established: many legumes, through rhizobial symbiosis, convert atmospheric nitrogen into plant-usable forms and can raise soil nitrogen availability. However, the effect is not automatic or equal in all legumes and environments, and other plants often benefit most after legume residues break down.
“As of May 6, 2026, Jammu and Kashmir has fewer publicly available glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) hazard maps and early-warning systems than Himachal Pradesh.”
The evidence suggests Himachal Pradesh was ahead in systematic GLOF mapping and that Jammu and Kashmir’s early-warning efforts were still largely at the planning stage. But the claim makes a specific quantity comparison—“fewer publicly available hazard maps and early-warning systems”—that the cited record does not actually count or verify for both regions. The practical lag is plausible; the exact comparative wording is not firmly established.
“Women are more likely than men to predominantly use the left hemisphere of the brain, while men are more likely than women to predominantly use the right hemisphere of the brain.”
The claim is not supported by neuroscience evidence. Research finds some sex differences in specific tasks, regions, or connectivity patterns, but not a general rule that women mainly use the left hemisphere and men mainly use the right. The statement relies on an outdated “left-brain/right-brain” myth and ignores mixed findings, substantial overlap, and evidence of bilateral or cross-hemisphere processing in both sexes.
“The four main stages of catabolic processes are digestion (breakdown of polymers into monomers such as sugars and amino acids), glycolysis (cytoplasmic breakdown of glucose to pyruvate), the Krebs cycle (mitochondrial oxidation of acetyl-CoA), and oxidative phosphorylation (electron transport chain and ATP synthesis).”
The claim describes real and important steps in aerobic energy metabolism, but it overstates them as the universal four main stages of catabolism. Many standard sources group catabolism into three broader stages, and even four-stage presentations usually define the second stage more broadly than glycolysis alone. As written, it conflates general catabolism with a simplified, glucose-centered pathway.
“Unsaturated polyester polymers have carbon–carbon double bonds that enable modification of mechanical properties such as stiffness, elasticity, and degradation behavior.”
Technical literature consistently shows that unsaturated polyesters contain reactive carbon-carbon double bonds used in curing and crosslinking, and that changing this chemistry alters stiffness, elasticity, and related degradation or thermal behavior. The support is broad and independent. The main caveat is that the evidence is strongest for crosslinked resin systems and especially for thermal or thermomechanical degradation behavior.
“The sky appears blue to the human eye under normal daytime conditions.”
The evidence firmly supports this statement. Standard atmospheric physics shows that sunlight scattered by air molecules makes the daytime sky appear blue to human observers, and authoritative sources are consistent on this point. Exceptions such as sunset colors, overcast skies, or heavy haze fall outside the claim’s stated scope.
“Correlation entropy is used as a statistical feature in the analysis of datasets.”
Scholarly studies show correlation entropy has been extracted as a quantitative feature—especially in time-series and independence tests—confirming that the method is indeed used in data analysis. The claim does not specify prevalence, so documented albeit specialized usage suffices. Its application, however, is niche and not part of most mainstream statistical or machine-learning toolkits.
“Synthetic polymers play a crucial role in the development of scaffolds for tissue engineering.”
The literature clearly supports this statement. Synthetic polymers are repeatedly identified as major scaffold materials in tissue engineering because they offer controllable mechanical, structural, and degradation properties. Hybrid and natural-polymer approaches are also important, and some synthetic polymers have limitations, but those caveats do not change the core fact that synthetic polymers are central to scaffold development.
“A study led by Yadan Li at Southwest University in Chongqing found that exposure to frightening images and sounds at night (20:00) produced greater increases in skin conductance, heart rate, and blood pressure than the same exposure during the day (08:00), regardless of room lighting conditions.”
Li et al. did find stronger skin conductance and heart-rate responses to frightening stimuli at night versus day, but the study did not measure blood pressure, did not report 20:00/08:00 as the test hours, and did not establish that the effect is independent of room lighting. These unsupported additions materially overstate the original findings.
“Insects play a significant role in ecological functioning by acting as visitors and pollinators for various plant species.”
Extensive peer-reviewed research and federal agency reports consistently show insects are responsible for pollinating roughly three-quarters of flowering plant species, supporting both natural ecosystems and agriculture. Other pollinators (wind, birds, bats) exist, and insect populations are declining, yet these facts reinforce rather than undercut insects’ current ecological importance. The claim accurately reflects the scientific consensus.