Pseudoscience

Activists affiliated with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are selling a "measles treatment and prevention protocol" for hundreds of dollars, including supplements supposedly formulated by AI.

Two Italian scientists claim to have discovered 38,000-year-old structures buried deep beneath the pyramids. But there's a big reason to be skeptical.

The horror genre has long grappled with its portrayal of disability, often reflecting the societal prejudices of its time. Emerging alongside early cinema, many early horror works were influenced by eugenic ideology, rooted in Victorian advancements in science, technology, and pseudoscience like degeneration. These theories positioned disabilities as markers of a "less evolved" human prone to immorality and…

His executive order faulted an exhibit which "promotes the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct," a widely held position in the scientific community.

That is what the American experience is beginning to feel like in 2025.

Steve Coll writes on the possibility of future efforts by Republicans, spurred by Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election results, to use the Electoral Count Act of 1877, alongside other disenfranchisement strategies, to undermine democratic elections in 2022 or 2024.

Uncorrected errors in science and the unconscionable reluctance to correct them erodes trust in science, throws away taxpayer money, harms the public's health and can kill innocent people

Death by firing squad has come back to America.

Once there was a company called AffinityLifeStyles.com. It sold Alkaline Waters – and got into "hot" water. It's now bankrupt. Maybe that's why Gatorade stepped in to fill the market void – and empty your pocket?

A new scam using Elon Musk's name is making the rounds, promoting "energy-saving" devices and falsely linking the Tesla and SpaceX leader to the products.

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Einstein's theories support the science behind a cosmic string-enabled time-travel loophole. But could it actually work in practice?

A brief overview of the roots of Western Maoism from 1978.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan 16 (IPS) - In anticipation of Donald Trump's inauguration his gold-studded Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, is at the heart of political power games, where influential businessmen like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are positioning themselves as key players in his orbit.Apparently unfazed by legal controversies and scandals, Trump is preparing for his return in collusion with already powerful men,…

In fall 2024, Andrea Love, PhD, and Katie Suleta, DHSc, MPH, MS, wrote an op-ed on how the growth of the wellness industry is a double-edged sword, offering both benefits and risks for public health. Now, with President-elect Donald Trump nominating unconventional leaders for U.S. health agencies, Love and Suleta revisited the topic to discuss their concerns for health and wellness under the incoming administration.

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We are currently witnessing the growing spread of H5N1 avian flu across the globe. Here in the United States, the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has been tracking the…

A stunning moment between predator and prey took top honors.

People are using TikTok to warn against the alleged issue with the restaurant's chicken sandwiches.