Can XR Glasses Damage Your Eyes? What the Research Actually Shows
September 8, 2026
XR glasses can cause eye strain, dry-eye symptoms and temporary changes in focusing and binocular vision. But current human evidence does not show that normal
Author: Sherafgan Khan
Are You Objective or Partisan-Brained? Take the Political Bias Test
September 8, 2026
Most political quizzes ask what you believe. This one asks whether your standard of evidence changes depending on who you’re judging.
Bisan Owda Compared “New Rafah” With Puerto Rico’s Esencia. What Do the Records Show?
September 8, 2026
Bisan Owda drew a provocative comparison between proposed redevelopment in Rafah and Puerto Rico’s Esencia luxury megaproject. The two cases are not equivalent, but government
Have a Question—or Want to Help Answer One? Two Ways to Participate in sherafy.com Research
September 8, 2026
Have something sherafy.com should investigate? Send us the question. Want to investigate it yourself? sherafy.com is also accepting applications for a small group of independent
You Can Now Challenge Any sherafy.com Article
September 8, 2026
sherafy.com articles now include a built-in challenge system that lets readers identify a disputed claim, provide evidence, and ask us to reconsider part or all
Can AI Take Over the World? What the New AI Hacking Incidents Actually Mean
September 7, 2026
Several capabilities once discussed mainly in AI-doomsday scenarios are now real: frontier systems can discover zero-days, circumvent some containment, coordinate across agents, take unauthorized actions,
Why Does It Cost Businesses About 3% to Accept a Credit Card?
September 7, 2026
A credit-card fee of roughly 3% is not simply the cost of moving money electronically. Follow a $100 purchase through interchange, network and processor fees,
Are Muslims Taking Over Europe? What the Demographic Data Actually Show
September 7, 2026
Muslims are a growing share of Europe’s population, but does that mean Europe is becoming Muslim? We separate migration, fertility, age, religious retention, local concentration
OpenAI’s DSEWiki Incident: How “Read-Only” Agents Wrote to the Web — and Why It Wasn’t Treated Like Hugging Face
September 7, 2026
OpenAI confirmed that its agents wrote to public websites during the DSEWiki incident but treated the episode as misalignment rather than invoking the traditional security-response
Did an Ig Nobel Study Really Prove Rich People Steal Candy From Children?
September 6, 2026
A 2012 psychology experiment resurfaced after winning a 2026 Ig Nobel Prize, inspiring headlines that rich people are more likely to steal children’s candy. The