CNN head Chris Licht out at news network after brief, tumultuous tenure
Chris Licht is out after a year as chief executive at CNN, following a series of missteps and plunging ratings
2023-06-07 21:27
xQc: What did Fran's ex-boyfriend Gator say about her and Twitch star's dating rumors?
xQc's alleged new girlfriend Fran's ex-bf Gator took to Twitter to open up about their relationship and breakup
2023-06-07 21:27
Giles Martin: Without The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, The Beatles wouldn’t have made Sgt Pepper's
Giles Martin has made the new Dolby Atmos mix of the iconic 1966 LP.
2023-06-07 20:20
Grimes' 'main gripe' is people mistaking her for a singer
Grimes insists she is not a singer and doesn't want her music to be "evaluated on that metric".
2023-06-07 20:18
Joe Rogan podcast sees ‘Adam and Eve’ conspiracy flood TikTok – but what is it?
Controversial podcaster Joe Rogan - who’s previously made headlines for spreading “racist myths about Jews”, suggesting we should “just shoot” homeless people, and saying it’s not “wise” to take away weapons from gun owners – has now caused TikTok users to create videos about a climate crisis conspiracy theory. Based upon a bogus book from 1965 by Chan Thomas called The Adam and Eve Story: The History of Cataclysms, the baseless theory pertains to the shifting of Earth’s magnetic poles, and was brought up in an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience on 18 January. “Researcher” and YouTuber Jimmy Corsetti told Rogan: “The theory on that is that it happens in cycles of 6,500 years and that it’s a 90-degree flip, but six days later, around the seventh day, it corrects itself. “Because of [the flip] the Earth essentially does a standstill, the sun will be direct – will basically stay in the same spot, causing heating like we’ve never experienced … - so the theory is that when that event happens it’s going to be cataclysmic.” Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Except, it’s a load of nonsense, with Nasa research scientist Martin Mlynczak telling The Verge: “There’s no proof and no science and no physics behind any of the claims about the magnetic field change being associated with climate change. “[It] is total bogus. If that’s what happened every 6,500 years, we would certainly see it; it would be in all the records. “The amount of energy to bring that about is tremendous, and you know, there’s nothing to initiate it.” According to the American non-profit Media Matters, seven TikTok videos between January and April were spotted containing clips from Rogan’s podcast discussing the conspiracy theory, with one video posted just last month clocking up over 14.6m views. In a statement to The Verge, Corsetti said: “Keep in mind that those various TikTok clips are edited portions of my conversation on the Joe Rogan Podcast where I am explaining the difference between ‘mainstream scientific view’ of pole shifts, in comparison to the Adam and Eve Story - which is certainly not considered accepted science.” Glad that’s cleared up. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-06-07 18:54
Dua Lipa Levitating copyright infringement case dismissed
A court ruled that Dua Lipa did not have access to Artikal Sound System's 2017 reggae single 'Live Your Life' to copy it.
2023-06-07 18:15
A partial lung and colon surgery: the Pope's health issues
Pope Francis, who will undergo surgery for an abdominal hernia, admitted last year he needed to slow down faced with his age -- now 86...
2023-06-07 17:54
Woman accuses Andrew Tate of raping and 'strangling' her until she 'passed out': 'I own you'
The British woman is the fourth person to come forward with sexual assault allegations against the misogynistic influencer Andrew Tate
2023-06-07 17:51
Finding Ways to Get Polluters to Pay for Climate Damages
The biggest achievement at the annual United Nations climate summit last year was committing to create a fund
2023-06-07 16:21
What is ‘The Flash’ based on? A brief dive into DC’s ‘Flashpoint’ comic series
‘Flashpoint’, which inspired ‘The Flash’, is DC’s version of ‘Multiverse of Madness’ and introduced endless possibilities in the universe
2023-06-07 15:55
'It was crazy': Rumer Willis broke her own water while giving birth to first daughter
Rumer Willis, who welcomed daughter Louetta in May, said she 'popped' her water bag after it didn't break
2023-06-07 15:53
Sean Bean joins The Yellow Tie
Actor Sean Bean has signed up to to appear in new film The Yellow Tie about controversial classical conductor Sergiu Celibidache
2023-06-07 15:24