Quick query: Does the Fruit of the Loom emblem characteristic a cornucopia?
Many of us have been carrying the firm’s T-shirts for many years, and but the query of whether or not there may be a woven brown horn of loads on the emblem is surprisingly contentious.
According to a 2022 ballot, 55% of Americans consider the emblem does embrace a cornucopia, 25% are uncertain, and solely 21% are assured that it doesn’t, though this final group is appropriate.
There’s a title for what’s occurring right here: the “Mandela effect,” or collective false reminiscence, so referred to as as a result of a quantity of individuals misremember that Nelson Mandela died in jail. Yet whereas many discover it straightforward to let their unconfirmable beliefs go, some spend years searching for solutions—and vindication. Read the full story.
—Amelia Tait
This story is an element of MIT Technology Review’s sequence “The New Conspiracy Age,” on how the current growth in conspiracy theories is reshaping science and expertise.
Here’s why we don’t have a chilly vaccine. Yet.
For these of us in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s the season of the sniffles. As the climate turns, we’re all spending extra time indoors. The youngsters have been again at college for a couple of months. And chilly germs are in every single place.
So why can’t we get a vaccine to guard us towards the frequent chilly? Scientists have been engaged on this for many years, however it seems that creating a chilly vaccine is difficult. Really exhausting. But not inconceivable. There’s nonetheless hope. Read the full story.
—Jessica Hamzelou