News tagged with conspiracy theory

Believing the impossible and conspiracy theories

Distrust and paranoia about government has a long history, and the feeling that there is a conspiracy of elites can lead to suspicion for authorities and the claims they make. For some, the attraction of conspiracy theories ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 64

Was the real discovery of the expanding universe lost in translation?

(PhysOrg.com) -- The greatest astronomical discovery of the 20th century may have been credited to the wrong person. But it turns out to have been nobody's fault except for that of the actual original discoverer ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Were Twin Towers felled by chemical blasts? (Update)

A mix of sprinkling system water and melted aluminium from aircraft hulls likely triggered the explosions that felled New York's Twin Towers on September 11, 2001, a materials expert has told a technology ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (40) | comments 753

Brazen, publicity-seeking hackers on attack spree

(AP) -- Can you be famous if no one knows your name? A new band of hackers is giving it its best shot, trumpeting its cyber-capers in an all-sirens-flashing publicity campaign.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Indian satellite confirmed US moon landing: scientist

India's first lunar mission has captured images of the landing site of the Apollo 15 craft, debunking theories that the US mission was a hoax, the country's state-run space agency said Wednesday.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (28) | comments 76

UC Davis Historian Catalogs U.S. Secrets, Lies and Conspiracies

(PhysOrg.com) -- The government's own secrets, lies and conspiracies have fueled a 45-year-long decline in America's trust in its leaders, a University of California, Davis, history professor argues in a new book.

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 4