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- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that The clock change for daylight saving time increases anxiety in the general population.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Some people find beets taste like dirt because of genetic differences in how they perceive the compound geosmin.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Quantum computers have solved a problem that classical supercomputers cannot solve in feasible time.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that The Industrial Revolution's rise in coal burning started human-caused global warming.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Human-caused climate change has increased the intensity of agricultural drought in the Mediterranean region.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that AI text detectors are themselves machine learning models trained to classify writing as human or AI generated.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Approved genetically modified foods cause allergies in the people who eat them.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that The Industrial Revolution caused rapid population growth in Britain.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Climate change worsens ground-level ozone pollution by raising air temperatures.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that An AI-powered search query uses more energy than a conventional web search query.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Low tides occur where ocean water has been drawn toward the tidal bulges aligned with the Moon.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Dark matter can be harnessed as a source of energy.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Sun is white when viewed from space, and only appears yellow through Earth's atmosphere.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Sodium-ion batteries have lower energy density than lithium-ion batteries.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Genetic variation influences basal metabolic rate in humans.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Non-avian dinosaurs went extinct because they were generally maladapted and unable to cope with normal climate change.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The tendency to have twins skips a generation in families.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that In 2020 the HGNC renamed 27 human genes because Excel auto-converted their symbols into dates.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Protein's gross energy is 5.65 kcal per gram, but food labels use 4 kcal per gram after metabolic losses.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Quantum computers encode information in qubits rather than classical bits.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that The Big Bang was an explosion that expanded outward into pre-existing empty space.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Turnitin includes an AI writing detection tool that flags text as likely AI-generated.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Decisions on important questions in the United Nations General Assembly require a two-thirds majority of the members present and voting.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Large language models generate plausible but false statements, a failure known as hallucination.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Apollo 17 in December 1972 was the last mission in which humans landed on the Moon.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Planck satellite measurements put dark matter at about 27 percent and dark energy at 68 percent of the universe.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Earth's internal heat comes from residual accretion energy and radioactive decay.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Moon always shows the same face to Earth because its rotation period equals its orbital period.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that AI image detectors accurately distinguish AI-generated art from human-made art.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Teflon nonstick coatings on frying pans are made of PFAS chemicals.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Electricity generation at nuclear power plants causes acid rain.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Nuclear power plants generate roughly 9 percent of the world's electricity.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that GPT-4.1 can generate images natively.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that United Nations climate scientists admitted their climate change projections are completely wrong.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Parents' genetic traits can indirectly influence a child's risk of anxiety and depression by shaping the child's family environment.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Climate change has increased the frequency and intensity of extreme heat events worldwide.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Two-factor authentication with SMS or app-generated codes prevents phishing attacks.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Turnitin's AI writing detector accurately identifies AI-generated text.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Autosomal dominant genetic conditions typically appear in every generation of an affected family.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Ukraine does not generally recognize dual citizenship under its citizenship law.?
- CONTESTED PARTIALIs it true that Climate change affects how often earthquakes occur.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Climate change does not create hurricanes but can make them wetter and more intense.?
- REFUTEDIs it true that Tesla Inc. owns the space company SpaceX as a subsidiary.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Natural gas is bad for the environment because burning it and leaking methane drive climate change.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that ChatGPT gives different answers to the same question because its text generation is probabilistic.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Constipation is commonly reported by astronauts during spaceflight.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Mice and humans share most of their genes.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The ability to taste PTC bitterness is genetic.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Fossils provide evidence for evolution.?
- PARTIAL LEANIs it true that Defensible space zones protect homes from wildfires.?
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