Tag: Conspiracy theories
How the QAnon movement entered mainstream politics – and why the...
Art Jipson, University of Dayton
The Justice Department asked a federal court on July 18, 2025, to unseal grand...
Exhausted by the news? Here are 6 strategies to stay informed...
Seth Ashley, Boise State University
Political spin is nothing new, and identifying reliable news and information can be hard...
What are false flag attacks – and did Russia stage any...
Scott Radnitz, University of Washington
The Russian assault on Ukraine, which began in the early hours of Feb. 24,...
Radicalization pipelines: How targeted advertising on social media drives people to...
Jeanna Matthews, Clarkson University
Have you had the experience of looking at some product online and then seeing ads...
From UFOs to COVID conspiracy theories, we all struggle with the...
Meg Elkins, RMIT University and Robert Hoffmann, RMIT University
For ufologists the US government’s eagerly anticipated report of “unidentified...
What belief in extraterrestrial visitors to Earth reveals about trust in...
Joshua Lambert, University of Central Florida and Anthony Licciardi Jr., University of New Orleans
Partisanship is not enough to...
What to do with anti-maskers? Punishment has its place, but can...
Meg Elkins, RMIT University and Robert Hoffmann, RMIT University
What’s driving “Bunnings Karen” and others to film themselves arguing with shop assistants about face masks...
Why are so many people lighting off fireworks?
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
The number of fireworks being lit off at night is out of control this year.
While people often light off fireworks...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
