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Search results for "Michael David Hicks NASA JPL scientist died suddenly in 2023 with no clear public cause"

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Viral image stated on November 01, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Global warming is part of (a) natural cycle and there’s nothing we can actually do to stop these cycles.”
By Tom Kertscher• November 3, 2021
Facebook posts stated on April 15, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:
Hay “restos de una nave nodriza gigante ocultada por la NASA” en Marte.
By Maria Briceño• April 18, 2023
Viral image stated on January 26, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“Scientists warn eggs are causing thousands of people to ‘suddenly’ form blood clots.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 27, 2023
Facebook posts stated on November 27, 2023 in a video caption:
“8 MINUTES AGO! The largest underwater volcano has SUDDENLY CRACKED OPEN the Earth!”
By Grace Abels• November 30, 2023
Michael Sullivan stated on July 19, 2010 in a Twitter post:
Says the director of NASA says its main mission is Muslim outreach.
By W. Gardner Selby• August 1, 2010
Viral image stated on February 11, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“NASA admits that man-made climate change is a hoax!”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 16, 2021
Facebook posts stated on September 26, 2023 in a Facebook post:
1936 in the United States was “much hotter than 2023.”
By Sara Swann• November 3, 2023
Rush Limbaugh stated on March 06, 2014 in a segment on 'The Rush Limbaugh Show':
President Barack Obama shut down NASA space flights and turned the agency "into a Muslim outreach department."
By Katie Sanders• March 12, 2014
Instagram posts stated on June 17, 2023 in an Instagram post:
NASA faked footage of astronauts on the International Space Station.
By Tom Kertscher, Ciara O'Rourke• June 23, 2023
AmericanNews.com stated on November 08, 2017 in a headline:
"BUSTED: NASA Accidentally destroys every climate change advocate by exposing massive truth behind Antarctica."
By Amy Sherman• November 20, 2017
Facebook posts stated on May 01, 2023 in a Facebook post:
"NASA just announced a 100-foot-wide fissure-crack just opened up Yellowstone volcano in 24 hours.”
By Jeff Cercone• May 3, 2023
Instagram posts stated on January 21, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Sports journalist Mike Dickson died because of COVID-19 vaccines.
By Madison Czopek• January 23, 2024
Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:
NASA study says snake plants can produce enough oxygen for humans to live in a sealed room.
By Jill Terreri Ramos• December 22, 2021
Danielle Pletka stated on November 25, 2018 in in a panel discussion:
"We need to also recognize that we just had two of the coldest years, biggest drop in global temperatures that we have had since the 1980s, the biggest in the last 100 years. We don't talk about that."
By John Kruzel• November 28, 2018
Instagram posts stated on April 15, 2023 in an Instagram reel:
“The Antarctic ice cap is not melting.”
By Sara Swann• April 25, 2023
Lenar Whitney stated on June 25, 2014 in a YouTube video:
"Global warming is a hoax."
By Lauren Carroll• August 1, 2014
Bloggers stated on May 06, 2021 in a blog post:
"Scientists Claim to Spot Fungus Growing on Mars in NASA Rover Photos”
By Madison Czopek• May 10, 2021
Bloggers stated on February 04, 2019 in a story:
NASA has discovered a new planet covered with marijuana
By Samantha Putterman• February 8, 2019
Facebook posts stated on April 09, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Notice from a New Jersey doctor’s office proves that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous for athletes.
By Jeff Cercone• April 12, 2024
Viral image stated on May 29, 2024 in an Instagram post:
“Astronauts from the Challenger are alive!”
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 31, 2024

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Labor commissioner hopeful Butler accused of trying to "bully" educators

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