Here's a theory: President Barack Obama was not born in the United States. Here's another: Climate change is a hoax. Here's one more: The "deep state" spied on Donald Trump's campaign, and is now trying to destroy his presidency.
Sep 24, 2018
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Ask a three-year-old why they think it's raining, and she may say "because the flowers are thirsty." Her brother might also tell you that trees have leaves to provide shade for people and animals. These are instances of teleological ...
Aug 22, 2018
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It's not uncommon to hear someone espouse the idea that "everything happens for a reason" or that something that happened was "meant to be." Now, researchers reporting in Current Biology on August 20 have found that this ...
Aug 20, 2018
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First World countries have well-developed healthcare systems that employ medical regimens that have been empirically demonstrated to be effective. Despite this, many individuals in Germany and elsewhere, prefer to resort ...
Aug 1, 2018
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Fewer than half of Russians with HIV are taking antiretroviral drugs, in part because of a conspiracy theory that the AIDS-causing virus is a myth invented by the West, officials and activists say.
Nov 30, 2017
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When we hear phrases like vaccine objection, vaccine refusal and anti-vaxxers, it's easy to assume these are new labels used in today's childhood vaccination debates.
Jul 10, 2017
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Recent polls have shown that many white, working-class people in America feel pushed out by society, a reason why many voted for President Donald Trump. Many of these supporters latched onto misinformation spread online, ...
Feb 16, 2017
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The death of King Albert I of Belgium in 1934—officially a climbing accident—still fuels speculation. Forensic geneticist Maarten Larmuseau and his colleagues at KU Leuven (University of Leuven, Belgium), have now compared ...
Jul 22, 2016
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Conspiracy theories and pseudoscientific claims refuting the facts around Zika virus vaccines could be putting vulnerable people at risk, according to a new study published in Vaccine. By analyzing social media in real time, ...
May 24, 2016
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In pop culture, conspiracy believers—like FBI agent Fox Mulder on The X Files or professor Robert Langdon in The Da Vinci Code—tend to reject the notion of coincidence or chance; even the most random-seeming events are ...
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