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

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

And when people are convinced that they know a secret, world-shaking truth, they are willing to wait a long time for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Jean-Luc Picard is doing The Bard. Sir Patrick Stewart is lending his iconic voice to an audiobook in which he reads William Shakespeare‘s sonnets — all 154 of them — and “shares reflections on his ...

The conspiracy theories of our time seem fixated on an absence of clues. By Peter C. Baker In Nick Shirley’s mega-viral YouTube videos alleging social-services fraud in Minnesota, the important piece ...