How to tell if a conspiracy theory is probably false
Conspiracy theories are everywhere, and they can involve just about anything.
Conspiracy theories are everywhere, and they can involve just about anything.
Social Sciences
May 8, 2024
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Gravity is one of four fundamental interactions. The most precise description of this force is still provided by Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, published in 1915, an entirely classical theory. This description sets ...
General Physics
May 7, 2024
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Among the jagged peaks of the North Cascades, lush alpine meadows rich with berries and wildflowers blanket valleys carved by glaciers, some threaded with trickling creeks.
Plants & Animals
May 7, 2024
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While it's healthy to question what we see and hear in the media, those quick internet searches to fact-check news stories can unexpectedly backfire and lead people to believe false stories, according to the director of the ...
Social Sciences
May 7, 2024
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"Congress prohibits the NIH from researching the cause of mass shootings."
Political science
May 6, 2024
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Most people have heard the famous phrase "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." Now, Northwestern University researchers have used statistical physics to confirm the theory that underlies this famous axiom. The study, "Proper ...
Mathematics
May 3, 2024
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Ask your son or daughter, niece, or nephew to draw you a picture of a sport coach. They will most probably draw a man. Why?
Social Sciences
Apr 29, 2024
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A mathematical link between two key equations—one that deals with the very big and the other, the very small—has been developed by a young mathematician in China.
Mathematics
Apr 29, 2024
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Researchers who study Earth's biosphere tend to operate from one of three scientific cultures, each with distinct ways of conducting science, and which have been operating mostly independently from one another, find the authors ...
Environment
Apr 23, 2024
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While social psychology has long been interested in learning more about how one's moral values relate to one's political views, most of the research to date has used quite the same perspective.
Social Sciences
Apr 18, 2024
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