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![A camera shows SpaceX's Starman mannequin and Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster as they fly above a ROUND Earth after launching on the first Falcon Heavy rocket test flight on Feb. 6, 2018.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2XEVCLwvsg4VwnCgtyaqc6-320-80.jpg)
Yup, Flat-Earthers Think the Falcon Heavy Launch Was a Conspiracy
By Stephanie Pappas published
Surprise: They don't believe it.
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Flat-Earth Rocketeer Fails to Launch (Again)
By Rafi Letzter published
The flat-Earth rocketeer remains planet-bound.
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Conspiracy Theorists Don't Trust Vaccines Either
By Mindy Weisberger published
Was Princess Diana's death an accident? People who feel strongly that it wasn't may be skeptical about vaccines, too.
![A view of Earth on July 16, 1969](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CzDa5dRDPp7UvQr8ZuHHhj-320-80.jpg)
Flat-Earth Rocketeer Says He Will Launch in Two Weeks
By Rafi Letzter published
"Mad" Mike Hughes, a flat-Earth conspiracy theorist, appears to have a new rocket and a new launch date for his mission to prove our oblate spheroid world is actually a disc.
![A wildlife photographer captured a stunning image of two male lions in Kenya's Masai Mara.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GRfvhxrBy65VZ7Q6huro26-320-80.jpg)
Jade Eggs and Gay Lions: The Biggest Myths Debunked in 2017
By Laura Geggel published
It's not uncommon for people to make faulty claims or misinterpret events when science is concerned.
![Illustration of a flat Earth.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kotQRjJDbBGRMBEeF8vEt3-320-80.jpg)
8 Times Flat-Earthers Tried to Challenge Science (and Failed) in 2017
By Stephanie Pappas published
It was a good year for a very bad conspiracy theory.
![UFO sightings along Nevada's State Highway 375 — which is close to the top-secret Area 51 government base — led Nevada officials to dub the route "Extraterrestrial Highway" in 1996.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/w6XAKwiFTMekKgQ3CCzmsJ-320-80.jpg)
Navy Pilot Was 'Pretty Weirded Out' by Encounter with Unidentified Object in 2004
By Elizabeth Howell published
![This view of Earth's horizon was taken by an Expedition 7 crewmember onboard the International Space Station on June 13, 2003.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VwhnxpmJwESn4BZJ7TKxeg-320-80.jpg)
Even a Kid Can Prove the Earth Is Round: Here's How
By Ian Whittaker published
You don't need to build a rocket, like "Mad" Mike Hughes, to prove the Earth isn't flat – here's the simple science.
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