Science And Technology Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-04 · 17 entries checked · 5 flagged · 10 issues confirmed · 0 corrected · 10 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Spinning (polymers) — The entry lists 'sulfar' as a material produced via melt spinning, but 'sulfar' is not a standard polymer name; the correct term is 'sulfur' or polysulfide polymers, and sulfur-based polymers are typically not melt-spun in the same way as nylon or polyester.

Synthetic biopolymer — The entry states 'polyhydroxoalkanoates' but the correct term is 'polyhydroxyalkanoates' (PHA).

Synthetic biopolymer — The entry lists 'poly(3-hydroxobutyrate)' but the correct chemical name is 'poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)' (PHB).

Transform, clipping, and lighting — The claim about an 'Aladdin's ArtX integrated graphics chipset' featuring T&L hardware in November 1999 is false; no such product existed.

Transform, clipping, and lighting — The statement that S3 Graphics never developed working Direct3D 7.0 drivers for the Savage 2000 to enable hardware T&L is false; they did release such drivers, albeit with bugs.

National Hurricane Center — The entry states the NHC's area of responsibility extends north to the 31st parallel in the northern Atlantic, but the correct boundary is the 30th parallel north for both the Atlantic and eastern Pacific.

National Hurricane Center — The entry's lore says the NHC moved to the University of Miami campus in 1964 and implies it remained there, but the NHC later moved to Florida International University in 1995, creating a contradiction with the intro that correctly lists the current location

Natural science — The entry states that natural history emerged in the 16th century, but natural history as a systematic practice dates back to ancient times (e.g., Aristotle, Pliny the Elder) and was well-established before the 16th century.

Natural science — The entry says 'Systematic data collection, including discovery science, replaced natural history,' but natural history did not cease to exist; it evolved and continues as a branch of science, and discovery science is often considered a continuation or part of

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