If you're thinking of creating a massive conspiracy, you may be better scaling back your plans, according to an Oxford University researcher.
Mathematics
Jan 26, 2016
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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 Exploration
Sep 2, 2009
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A new study by UCLA professors offers a new way to understand how unfounded conspiracy theories emerge online. The research, which combines sophisticated artificial intelligence and a deep knowledge of how folklore is structured, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2020
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Adolf Hitler definitely died in 1945 in Berlin, from taking cyanide and a bullet, according to French researchers who were given rare access to fragments of the dictator's teeth held in Moscow.
Archaeology
May 19, 2018
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Overconfidence has long been recognized as a critical problem in judgment and decision making.
Social Sciences
Sep 14, 2023
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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 conference.
Engineering
Sep 21, 2011
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It's not a new thing for people to try to mislead you when it comes to science. But in the age of COVID-19—when we're being bombarded with even more information than usual, when there's increased uncertainty, and when we ...
Other
Mar 9, 2021
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It's been a half-century since the magnificent Apollo 11 moon landing, yet many people still don't believe it actually happened. Conspiracy theories about the event dating back to the 1970s are in fact more popular than ever. ...
Space Exploration
Jul 10, 2019
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Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have delved into the world of online conspiracy theories, showing most of the people behind them are actually pretty ordinary.
Social Sciences
Nov 29, 2019
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Graphene, a Nobel Prize-awarded material with promising applications for greener energy and nanomedicine, has been the topic of much disinformation by coronavirus anti-vaxxers claiming it can be used to "magnetize" and "control" ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 2, 2021
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