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Reality Check

News under the microscope. Visit the BBC's Reality Check website at bit.ly/realitycheck for more, or follow them on Twitter @BBCRealityCheck.

Carbon offsetting: a solution to flying emissions, or just passing the buck? © Getty Images
Planet Earth

Reality Check Is carbon offsetting a solution to flying emissions, or just passing the buck?

The Amazon rainforest: could it become a desert? © Joao Laet/AFP/Getty Images
Planet Earth

Reality Check Could the Amazon rainforest become a desert?

Live facial recognition: how is it used? © Alamy
Future Technology

Reality Check How is live facial recognition used?

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Pet cats: should they be kept indoors? © Getty Images
Nature

Reality Check Should pet cats be kept indoors?

Human-animal hybrids: Can we justify the experiments? © Salk Institute
Future Technology

Reality Check Human-animal hybrids: Can we justify the experiments?

Alex Powell, 20, receives the combined Measles Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccination at an MMR drop-in clinic at Neath Port Talbot Hospital near Swansea in south Wales on April 20, 2013 © GEOFF CADDICK/AFP/Getty Images
The Human Body

Reality Check The number of people getting the MMR vaccine is falling, should I be worried?

Seagulls: are they getting more aggressive? © Getty Images
Nature

Reality Check Are seagulls getting more aggressive?

Sun Cream: Is it a risk to your health? © Getty Images
The Human Body

Reality Check Is sun cream a risk to your health?

CBD oil: miracle cure or snake oil? © Getty Images
The Human Body

Reality Check Is CBD oil a miracle cure or snake oil?

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Plastic waste: can reduce and recycle really make a difference? © Getty Images
Planet Earth

Reality Check How can I reduce the amount that ends up in landfill?

'Oumuamua: Why did we think it was aliens? © Getty Images
Space

Reality Check Why did we think 'Oumuamua was an alien probe?

Cancer risk: Is it right to compare obesity to smoking? © Alamy
The Human Body

Reality Check Is Cancer Research UK right to compare obesity to smoking?

Chernobyl: Has the area recovered since 1986's nuclear disaster? © TREE project
Nature

Reality Check Has Chernobyl recovered since 1986's nuclear disaster?

Body positivity: should we try to feel neutral instead? © Getty Images
The Human Body

Reality Check Should we try to feel neutral about our bodies?

Ultra-processed food and the risk of death: will fish fingers and fizzy drinks kill you? © Getty Images
The Human Body

Reality Check Ultra-processed food and the risk of death: will fish fingers and fizzy drinks kill you?