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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 | 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

The A1 Verse: Ron Johnson’s ministry of truth

By Thomas Gaulkin | Special Topics

As election looms, Trump adds to the long story of conspiracy theory in US politics

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

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The A1 Verse: America’s fast-expanding disruption

By Thomas Gaulkin | Science Denial, Special Topics

Sen. Tom Cotton at a congressional hearing.

Why do politicians keep breathing life into the false conspiracy theory that the coronavirus is a bioweapon?

By Matt Field, John Krzyzaniak | Biosecurity

A biohazard suit wearing researcher.

AI-controlled nuclear weapons, smallpox labs, and nuclear disinformation: The best of 2019 in disruptive tech coverage

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

Climate change: Why the conspiracy theories are dangerous

By K. M. Douglas, R. M. Sutton | Uncategorized