However, in the last few years there has been an alarming rise in the number of people who, like B.o.B, believe in flat-Earth theories. Indeed, there’s currently no evidence that B.o.B raised much money or got anywhere near his goal. The rapper’s quest may seem like a joke or publicity stunt. His aim was to raise $200,000 (later upped to $1m) on the GoFundMe website, with the aim of sending one or more craft into space to help him “find the curve” – the term that “flat-Earthers” use to describe the edge of our supposed disc-shaped planet. The rapper, a vocal proponent of “flat-Earth theory”, wanted to seek evidence that our planet is a disc, not a globe. In 2017 the US rapper B.o.B (real name Bobby Ray Simmons Jr) started a crowd-funding campaign to launch a satellite. Rachel Brazil explores why such views are increasingly taking hold and how the physics community should best respond (Courtesy: Claus Lunau/Science Photo Library) Physicists will find it shocking, but there are plenty of people around the world who genuinely believe the Earth is flat. Webinars Tune into online presentations that allow expert speakers to explain novel tools and applications.Video Watch our specially filmed videos to get a different slant on the latest science.Podcasts Our regular conversations with inspiring figures from the scientific community.Audio and video Explore the sights and sounds of the scientific world.Supercool physics Experiments that probe the exotic behaviour of matter at ultralow temperatures depend on the latest cryogenics technology.The science and business of space Explore the latest trends and opportunities associated with designing, building, launching and exploiting space-based technologies.
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