Search results for conspiracy

Education Sep 4, 2024

Schools urged to teach children how to spot conspiracies and fake news

Young people are as engaged and interested in current affairs as ever, but social media is siloing their opinions and making fake news hard to spot, and schools are the places to tackle this, according to a conspiracy theory ...

Astrobiology Sep 3, 2024

Belief in alien visits to Earth is spiraling out of control: Why that's so dangerous

The idea that aliens may have visited the Earth is becoming increasingly popular. Around a fifth of UK citizens believe Earth has been visited by extraterrestrials, and an estimated 7% believe that they have seen a UFO.

Social Sciences Sep 2, 2024

Q&A: Author explores the toll of QAnon on families of followers

The 1969 moon landing? Fake. The assassination of President John F. Kennedy? Cuba really did it. Thomas Jefferson's bitterly contested election in 1800? Choreographed by hidden hands.

Political science Aug 29, 2024

Spot AI images this election: Fact vs. fiction tips

On Aug. 18, former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump posted an unusual endorsement to his social media account on Truth Social. Amid a series of photos, he included an image of pop megastar Taylor ...

Social Sciences Aug 28, 2024

How a survey of over 2,000 women in the 1920s changed the way Americans thought about female sexuality

American women still have fewer orgasms than men, according to new research that suggests that decades after the sexual revolution, the "orgasm gap" is still very much in effect.

Social Sciences Aug 22, 2024

Researcher: Young Black people are disproportionately strip-searched—ways the justice system treats them as a threat

A new report from the Children's Commissioner for England has found that 457 strip searches of children by police took place between July 2022 and June 2023. The report shows that Black children were four times more likely, ...

Astronomy Aug 20, 2024

A galactic 'conspiracy' disproven: Dark matter and stars not interacting as previously thought

A longstanding 'conspiracy' in astronomy—that stars and dark matter are interacting in inexplicable ways—has been overturned by an international team of astronomers, in a paper in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical ...

Social Sciences Aug 14, 2024

Viewpoint: Why the UK doesn't need more policing—even after the riots

In response to the violent far-right riots across the UK, we have seen pledges from Keir Starmer's Labor government to increase police resources, expand policing powers, and implement tougher and quicker sentencing to keep ...

Astronomy Aug 12, 2024

New study examines the links between science fiction and astronomy

"Today's science fiction is tomorrow's science fact." This quote, attributed to Isaac Asimov, captures science's intricate relationship with science fiction. And it is hardly a one-way relationship.

Social Sciences Aug 7, 2024

Is Paris 2024 really achieving its goals for gender equality?

The Paris Olympics has proudly proclaimed to be the first games in 128 years to offer gender equality.

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