15 weird science facts that seem fake but are real Bananas are slightly radioactive Because they contain potassium-40, a naturally occurring isotope, bananas give off small amounts of radiation.

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EXCLUSIVE: Some believe the Hall of Records contains vast amounts of lost wisdom and knowledge about the famous ancient civilization. But does the Hall of Records really exist?

The script of Alien featured a male lead called Ripley. However, the writers Ronald Shusett and Dan O'Bannon created all the ...

"There's a good reason polygraphs aren't admissible in court — it's junk science. It really just measures how much stress the subject is feeling, and then it assumes that any sudden surges in stress ...

Telling people exactly how voting security works helps defeat election misinformation, experiments suggest. But outside ...

Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen said during Question Time on Wednesday that the modern Liberal Party ...

Modern science emerged precisely to deal with the way everything can be manipulated – and scepticism over ‘facts’ goes all the way back to Socrates.

Some researchers say that US-agency policies provide opportunities for political interference.