Throughout human history, one type of story never seems to go away: the conspiracy theory. Conspiracy theories may seem like a modern epidemic — a byproduct of social media algorithms and a 24-hour ...

On February 6, 2023, two earthquakes struck southern Türkiye within hours of each other and killed more than 50,000 people. While rescuers were still searching the rubble, a different explanation for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This week, we learned that the probe into the Russian conspiracy theory in Florida is moving forward with the disclosure that ...

"Homer conceived the power of the gods in such a way that whatever happened on the plain before Troy was only a reflection of the various conspiracies on Olympus," Karl Popper told an Oxford lecture ...

Every other Tuesday, the team at Civics 101 joins NHPR’s All Things Considered host Julia Barnett to talk about how our democratic institutions actually work. There are a lot of conspiracy theories ...

From claims of an Israeli false flag to efforts to sell ivermectin, influencers and grifters are using lessons learned from Covid-19 to push their baseless conspiracy theories. In more recent days, ...

Prominent figures in the conservative and MAGA movements have led the charge in spreading baseless conspiracy theories about the absence of Sen. Mitch McConnell and now the death of Sen. Lindsey ...