Sociologist Art Jipson talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about how clamouring for the release of the Epstein files ...

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As concerns about the spread of hantavirus emerge, right-wing and far-right figures are spreading conspiracy theories on ...

In the immediate aftermath of the attack on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night, influencers, pundits, and random posters lit up social media platforms like X, Bluesky, and ...

A truism of life — right up there with “don’t read the comments” — is that what goes around comes around. Put another way, if you live by the sword, you will eventually die by the sword. For more than ...

Perhaps no modern politician has done more to mainstream conspiracy theories than President Donald Trump. After effectively launching his career in Republican politics with false “birther” claims ...

No sooner had a gunman tried to storm the ballroom of the Washington Hilton, where the White Correspondents’ Dinner was taking place Saturday night, than social media was awash with conspiracy ...

So much information, streaming out in so little time. And still: Within minutes, conspiracy theories flooded the internet.

About six hours after a shooter stormed the White House correspondents’ dinner, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) suggested an alternative hypothesis: It was all a hoax. “Has there ever been a president ...

Endless Thread goes to space! First, host Ben Brock Johnson goes deep on radio signals of unknown origin, with an assist from real-life radio astronomer and Reddit MVP Yvette Cendes, aka, Andromeda321 ...

What's the playbook that gets real‑world breaking news moments to become instant conspiracy theories? After an attempted attack at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, clips and early ...

Private investigator Thomas McNally sees no link between the disappearance of Melissa Casias and some 10 other missing or deceased scientists. The internet disagrees. Casias’s family hired McNally to ...