If you’ve been hurt, don’t let bad information stand in your way. These are seven of the most common myths about personal ...

In a way, I understand the appeal of looking for a scapegoat—even one that has been thoroughly examined and refuted. Myths like these persist because we want to understand why things like autism ...

When it comes to the winter holidays, there’s a myth that just won’t go away — the widely held but false belief that suicides spike during this time. 211 Brevard, which handles crisis calls ...

All of these promoted the false myth: A Denver Post story on Dec. 8, 2023, concerning four murder-suicides in two weeks, quoted a local social-services official as saying that the "ongoing holiday ...

But I know the answer: It’s police culture—rooted in a tribal mentality, built on a false myth of a war between good and evil, fed by political indifference to the real drivers of violence in ...

Myth 1: There are more delays during the winter holidays than the rest of the year, and it's getting worse. Last year, less than 1% of flights were canceled during the holidays.

When there is no room (or interest) for facts, what fills that void is a lot of empty rhetoric. That strategy appears to lie ...

Pregnancy Myth: If girls do "jumping jacks" after sex, they won't get pregnant. Reality: False. You can jump up and down all you want, but if one sperm makes contact with one egg, bingo: Someone's ...

The holiday-suicide myth, the false claim that the suicide rate rises during the year-end holiday season, persisted in news coverage through the 2021-22 holidays, according to an analysis by the ...

7 myths about the Vikings that are (almost) totally false. Tom Metcalfe. Thu, May 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM UTC. 5 min read.