Author: Laerke Christensen
Laerke Christensen
has 4.1% among authors.
BS Score: 1.2%.
Articles analyzed: 2.
Words analyzed: 15,468.
Analyzed articles
Snopes.com
- By Laerke Christensen
- 6/5/2026, 4:00 AM
Appeal to Authority 42.8% - Confirmation Bias 11.8% - Recency Bias 11.7%
A persistent claim circulated online that woodpeckers avoid concussions from pecking because their long tongues wrap around their skulls, protecting their brains. It's true that some scientists in the past have believed the woodpecker's long tongue provides some sort of inbuilt protection against brain damage due to frequent and... more
Snopes.com
- By Laerke Christensen
- 6/3/2026, 2:52 PM
Appeal to Authority 38.5% - Representativeness Heuristic 8.9% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 8.6%
The claim that "Google is planning to release millions of bacteria-infested mosquitoes into US states" is still under investigation. The claims relate to Debug, a Google-owned project that releases sterile male mosquitoes into the wild to control populations and decrease virus transmission risk to humans. In 2025, Google made two... more