While many of you are patiently waiting for big answers to questions like the black hole information paradox , or whether gravity can be united with quantum mechanics , there are people out there still trying to prove that the Earth is as flat as a pancake. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Fortunately, there are many ways you can prove to yourself that the Earth is indeed an oblate spheroid (or a sphere that bulges slightly at the equator). These range from the simple – looking at photos of the Earth from space, or simply at the stars – to using a few sticks and some shadows.

But for some, that isn't enough. There have been conspiracy theorists in the past who have decided that they must sail to the edge of the wo

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