2017 top ten "scientific" rumors

Baidu and the Beijing Science and Technology Reporter Editorial Association released the 2017 Top Ten "Science" rumors. In the top ten "scientific" rumors of 2017, there are "food made from seaweed fans made of plastic rice" related to food safety, "watermelon is not rotted for 400 days because of sprayed with preservatives," and "about a drop in human health." "Blood can measure cancer," "invalid rabies vaccine," "freezing can cause arthritis," and "you can't sit in the hair for months";

There are also the “Left Brain Responsible Image for Right-brain Responsibility”, “There are aliens on the back of the moon,” “Use of anti-gravitational wave radiation suits,” and “Zheda University has developed the 'Quantum Stealth Garment'” that is closely related to hot news. And other rumors.

At the event, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Quan Guangzheng Guo Guangcan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, food safety expert Chen Junshi, researcher of the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Zhang Shuangnan, chief scientist of the “Eye Eye” satellite, and ten academicians and experts, through reasoning, data, and The way of the experiment refutes and interprets the ten "science" rumors one by one.

Zhang Na, the person in charge of Baidu’s search operations, stated that Baidu’s data shows that the number of user verification requests that we may deal with false information each year exceeds 3 billion. How can we help Internet users better identify rumors and promptly falsify these false information? We have been thinking about issues. Last September, we launched the Baidu rumored platform and introduced multiple authorities to produce more than 100 rumors each day. In the future, Baidu is also willing to continue to provide more data and technical support for the monthly “science” rumors list, and disseminate scientific knowledge.