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Conspiracy Theories
Long-debunked conspiracies don’t disappear—they evolve and thrive in the age of algorithms.
A tour of the literary cover-ups, extraterrestrials, and cryptids lurking in the bookish backwoods.
In this preview from "The Saucerian," author Gabriel Mckee explains how the combination of fantastical stories and obscure bureaucracy launched the “space age of the imagination.”
In theory, scientists could've produced a deadly virus that accidentally infected lab workers. In practice, we know that didn't happen.
Your BS detector might not be as accurate as you think.
How many scientists does it take to ruin a good conspiracy?
Astronomer Adam Frank asks: With so many extraordinary claims, why can't anybody produce the proof?
SARS-CoV-2 first emerged in humans in 2019. Despite much noise generated by lab leak proponents, the evidence indicates a natural origin.
Acclaimed writer Mauro Javier Cárdenas used AI in his latest work to surprising effect.
Although social paranoia is more common than clinical paranoia, studies suggests that American society isn’t any more conspiratorial than it has been in the past.
A sober look at a wild conspiracy theory that argues the Middle Ages never happened.
In a remarkably similar way, conspiracy theories around the world cast doubt on the existence of real places.
Predictive power has perverse, anti-democratic consequences. So be a good citizen and lie to election pollsters.
Gods and angels have been replaced with hi-tech extraterrestrials.
John Templeton Foundation
The documents that convicted the infamous traitor were all kept in this unassuming leather pouch.
A new online religion is spreading misinformation and phony products.
Instead of giving the 239 suffering families and the public a true story, Netflix exploited a horrifying tragedy to push conspiracy theories.
Quelle horreur! Paris isn't just a 15-minute city; it's a five-minute city.
Research shows how "dark" Brett Martinpersonality traits affect Bitcoin enthusiasm.
How to separate the reality from the conspiracy theory.
Your very own "Conspiracy Detection Kit."
If you believe that you're perfect, then somebody else must be responsible for your failures.
Fiona Broome remembered Nelson Mandela dying in prison in the 1980s (he didn't). Oddly, many people had the same false memory.
In the early 1900s, some Americans feared that teddy bears would not instill maternal instincts in girls, thereby causing "race suicide."
Media provocateurs and conspiracy theorists insist that they're "just asking questions." No, they aren’t.
The sonnenrad is a Heathen symbol composed of 12 repeated runes.
Searching for truth in unorthodox ways can be a valuable exercise. But Anatoly Fomenko's alternate world history is just plain weird.
In "Off the Edge", journalist Kelly Weill dives down the strange rabbit hole of the flat-Earther community.
From succubi to aliens, stories of abductions or other unsettling encounters have been with us for millennia. What explains them?
The only doubts are completely unreasonable. Where did the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, come from? Over the past few weeks, there’s been a tremendous push — largely among politicians but also […]