The authoritative guide to ensuring science and technology make life on Earth better, not worse.

conspiracy theories

A man walks towards a flooded river, across a mud-strewn road.

The role of the scientist in a post-truth world

By John Morales | Climate Change, Opinion

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13 in Butler, Penn. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

An attempted assassination and the conspiratorial disinformation that followed

By John Mecklin | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

The A1 Verse: Conspiracies, coups, and other grim tales

By Thomas Gaulkin | Special Topics

Chicks.

As avian influenza spreads in birds, conspiracy theories about the disease infect the internet

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

Extraterrestial Highway. Credit: Rachel. Accessed via Pixabay. Pixabay License. Free for commercial use.

Survey: Americans love conspiracy theories, and that’s dangerous for everyone

By Matthew A. Baum, Katherine Ognyanova | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

lone firefighter standing in front of flames

The role of the scientist in a post-truth world

By John Morales | Climate Change

A gallows set up outside the US Capitol.

After January 6, a new breed of extremism emerges: The mainstream insurrectionist

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

Many COVID vaccine conspiracy theories target Blacks: Here’s why they can work

By Angela R. Pashayan | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

Dutch nuclear scientists determined that the Magnetix Sport boost bracelet is radioactive. RIJKSINSTITUUT VOOR VOLKSGEZONDHEID EN MILIEU.

“Anti-5G” jewelry and sleep masks are radioactive

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Risk

The layered, Swiss cheese model for mitigating online misinformation

By Leticia Bode, Emily Vraga | Disruptive Technologies

Supporters of US President Donald Trump, including member of the QAnon conspiracy group Jake A, aka Yellowstone Wolf (C), enter the US Capitol on Wednesday. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Instead of reforming Facebook, should we just build something else?

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

The A1 Verse: America is an echo

By Thomas Gaulkin | Special Topics