Science & Myths

Internet Mythbusters

Hosted by The Investigator

Debunking viral claims, unraveling internet hoaxes, and discovering the real science behind popular myths.

54 Episodes

Episode Date Duration
Incognito Mode Doesn’t Make You Invisible. Google Finally Had to Say the Quiet Part Louder. May 30, 2026 9 min The Black Plastic Spatula Scare: When a Missing Zero Went Viral May 18, 2026 9 min The Parking Meter QR Trap: When Convenience Becomes a Phishing Link May 16, 2026 9 min Rice Is for Dinner, Not Repair: The Wet Phone Hack That Won’t Die May 14, 2026 9 min The Racist Letter That Launched a Thousand 'No MSG' Signs: How Chinese Restaurant Syndrome Was Invented May 10, 2026 9 min The Opera Costume That Gave Vikings Horns: How a 19th-Century Designer Rewrote History May 7, 2026 10 min The Weaponized Vegetable: How British Spies Tricked the World Into Thinking Carrots Give You Night Vision May 6, 2026 9 min The Cartoonist Who Invented 'Short Man Syndrome': How British Propaganda Made Napoleon a Punchline May 5, 2026 9 min The Tongue Map You Learned in School Was a 120-Year-Old Translation Error Apr 30, 2026 9 min Why Is Seth Rogen Dead Again? The Anatomy of Celebrity Death Hoaxes Apr 29, 2026 10 min Deepfake Democracy: The AI Videos That Almost Changed an Election Apr 28, 2026 10 min The Great Luxury Bag Lie: How TikTok's 'Exposé' Got Exposed Apr 27, 2026 11 min The 70% Myth Machine: Why Most People Believe Health Lies (Even With a College Degree) Apr 26, 2026 10 min Stanford's 5.8% Placement Rate: Anatomy of a Viral Fake Statistic Apr 23, 2026 11 min The Brain Myth Hollywood Won't Let Die: Why 'Lucy' Got Neuroscience 100% Wrong Apr 22, 2026 10 min The 50-Year Knuckle Cracking Experiment: One Man's Quest to Debunk His Mother's Warning Apr 19, 2026 9 min Grok vs. Reality: When AI Fact-Checkers Get It Catastrophically Wrong Apr 18, 2026 12 min The ICE Detention That Never Happened: Anatomy of a Viral Hoax Apr 16, 2026 10 min Hawaii's Birds Didn't Die from Hunting: Debunking a 50-Year Scientific Myth About Indigenous People Apr 15, 2026 10 min Dr. TikTok Will See You Now: Why 52% of ADHD Videos Are Wrong (And What That Means for Your Health) Apr 14, 2026 10 min TikTok's Time Travelers: Why We Keep Falling for the Same Hoax Apr 11, 2026 11 min Your AI Doctor Will Believe Anything: How ChatGPT Falls for Medical Myths Apr 10, 2026 10 min The Death of 'Seeing Is Believing': How Deepfakes Are Collapsing Trust in Everything Apr 8, 2026 9 min The World's Oldest Tortoise Died... And It Was All a Crypto Scam Apr 3, 2026 10 min Humans vs. Machines: Why Your Brain Still Beats AI at Spotting Fake Videos Apr 2, 2026 10 min Did Bill Gates Buy the Rain? The Truth About Cloud Seeding and Weather Conspiracy Theories Apr 1, 2026 11 min Deepfakes Go Mainstream: When AI Put Words in a Senate Candidate's Mouth Mar 31, 2026 11 min The Gerald Dolphin Kidnapping: When the Internet Creates a Hoax On Purpose Mar 30, 2026 11 min Your Grandchild Is Calling—Or Is It AI? Inside the Voice Cloning Scam Epidemic Mar 29, 2026 8 min The Facebook Privacy Post You've Seen 47 Times: Why the '60 Minutes' Hoax Refuses to Die Mar 28, 2026 11 min The Death of Trust: How Sora's Rise and Fall Revealed Our Deepfake Future Mar 27, 2026 10 min I Fooled the Internet: Inside the GTA 6 Fake Leak That Tricked Millions Mar 25, 2026 9 min Your Body's Built-In Detox: Why Juice Cleanses Can't Do What Your Liver Already Does Mar 24, 2026 12 min Nature's Ozempic: The TikTok Supplement That Isn't What It Claims Mar 24, 2026 10 min The Fake Professor Epidemic: How Deepfaked Academics Are Selling You Snake Oil Mar 22, 2026 11 min The Six-Finger Check Is Dead: AI Has Learned to Count Mar 21, 2026 10 min Operation Anchor: The Viral Hoax That Made Millions Believe Earth Would Lose Gravity Mar 20, 2026 11 min Is Elvis the Pastor? How Bob Joyce Became the Internet's Most Persistent Celebrity Conspiracy Mar 19, 2026 11 min Your Blood Sugar Is Fine: The Glucose Monitor Wellness Scam Mar 17, 2026 10 min Incognito Mode Doesn't Do What You Think: The Privacy Myth Millions Believe Mar 16, 2026 10 min The Five-Second Rule Finally Hits the Floor: What Science Actually Says About Dropped Food Mar 12, 2026 10 min Why Lies Go Viral: The MIT Study That Explains Everything Wrong With Your Feed Mar 11, 2026 10 min Will Earth Lose Gravity for 7 Seconds in 2026? The 'Project Anchor' Hoax Explained Mar 10, 2026 10 min Your Goldfish Remembers More Than You Think: The 60-Year Scientific Cover-Up Mar 6, 2026 9 min The Eight Glasses Lie: How a Misquoted 1945 Recommendation Became Wellness Gospel Mar 4, 2026 11 min The Deepfake Pundit: How Fake George Will Videos Fooled Millions Mar 4, 2026 10 min Sugar Rush Busted: The Myth Your Brain Invented About Your Kids Mar 3, 2026 9 min Laser Beams from the Sky: Why the Directed Energy Weapon Wildfire Theory Won't Die Feb 8, 2026 11 min Raw Milk's Dangerous Comeback: Influencers vs. Bird Flu Feb 7, 2026 11 min The Epstein Files WW3 Email: Anatomy of a Screenshot Hoax Feb 7, 2026 11 min The '823-Year Miracle Month' That Happens Every Single Year Feb 7, 2026 12 min The Fake $2,000 Stimulus Check: How Scammers Are Targeting Seniors on Social Media Feb 7, 2026 11 min When AI Fakes Flood Reality: How 14 Million People Watched Fake Venezuela Celebrations Feb 6, 2026 14 min The Aspirin Myth That Could Kill You: Why Daily Low-Dose Aspirin Isn't the Heart Saver You Think Feb 5, 2026 13 min