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Flat Earth: What Fuels the Internet's Strangest Conspiracy Theory?
By Stephanie Pappas published
Why do people reject more than 2,000 years of scientific understanding?

Flat-Earth Rocketeer Fails to Launch (Again)
By Rafi Letzter published
The flat-Earth rocketeer remains planet-bound.

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.

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.

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.

US Government Shuts Down Flat-Earther's Rocket Launch
By Rafi Letzter published
"Mad" Mike is grounded.

Flat-Earther to Launch Himself in Homemade Steam Rocket Saturday
By Mike Wall published

What in the World? Flat-Earthers Gather at First Conference
By Stephanie Pappas published
A conference aimed at disputing the idea that the world is round just wrapped up in North Carolina. Here's what they talked about.

Astronauts to Flat-Earther B.o.B: We've Seen the Curve
By Mike Wall published
Some former astronauts have a message for flat-Earther B.o.B: The curve is real, and we've seen it.

7 Ways to Prove the Earth Is Round (Without Launching a Satellite)
By Stephanie Pappas published
Rapper B.o.B wants to launch a satellite into space to find out, once and for all, whether the Earth is flat or round. Here are seven other ways to prove our planet is spherical.
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