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The podcast grift economy is bringing tabloid-y, sensationalist drama to the world of theoretical physics.

Fringe Movement Claims the Entirety of Modern Physics Is Wrong

By Frank Landymore

As it fends off legal attacks, OpenAI has chosen a unique line of defense: the belief that every opponent, big or small, is working in tandem.

A Strange Conspiracy Theory Is Reportedly Spreading Inside OpenAI

By Noor Al-Sibai

Users are creating AI bots trained on harebrained conspiracy theories, including a custom bot to convince parents not to vaccinate kids.

Conspiracy Theorists Are Creating Special AIs to Agree With Their Bizarre Delusions

By Victor Tangermann

Amid his latest alleged election meddling initiative, unelected wrecker Elon Musk was heckled by the protesters he so detests.

Elon Musk Gets Booed Right to His Face

By Noor Al-Sibai

Down in Florida, residents have been haunted by a super-dense fog that allegedly smells like metal and is making people sick.

Science & Energy

People in Florida Say Dense, Mysterious Fog With Chemical Smell Is Making Them Sick

By Noor Al-Sibai

After blaming past blazes on "Jewish space lasers," Marjorie Taylor Greene is now big mad that the government isn't controlling the LA fires.

Congresswoman Who Believed in “Jewish Space Lasers” Complains That Government Can’t Just Use Weather Control to Shut Down LA Fires

By Noor Al-Sibai

In an apparent attempt to dispel hurricane misinformation, a member of Congress asked the head of FEMA outright if she controls the weather.

Science & Energy

Congressman Asks FEMA Head If She’s Controlling Weather, Sending Hurricanes to Trump Voters’ Homes

By Noor Al-Sibai

Meteorologists are getting death threats from conspiracy nuts, who believe they're covering up government weather control. Obviously.

Science & Energy

Meteorologists Are Getting Death Threats From Insane Hurricane Conspiracy Theorists

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk posted — and later deleted — an unhinged post wondering why no one has tried to murder Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

Elon Musk Deletes Deranged Post About Assassinating Kamala Harris

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In a forthcoming coffee table book, former president Donald Trump cites conspiracy theories while threatening to jail Mark Zuckerberg.

Trump Threatens to Imprison Mark Zuckerberg

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Marjorie Taylor Greene's speech at Trump's Vegas rally included some soundbite-packed word salad about gas prices for... electric vehicles?

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Mocked for Saying the Gas Prices for Electric Cars Are Too High

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Conspiracy theorists are, by and large, loners — but a new study shows that there may be an inverse effect going on there, too.

Study: Mid-Life Conspiracy Theorists Are Indeed Lonely Weirdos

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new study puts to rest the claim that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are causing cardiac arrest in young men and often killing them.

RX and Medicine

Conspiracy Theorists Said People Who Got the COVID Vaccine Would Be Dropping Like Flies. That Hasn’t Remotely Happened

By Noor Al-Sibai

When being interviewed amid his NFL scouting, a Texas athlete admitted to believing some incredible conspiracy theories.

NFL Prospect Believes Outer Space Isn’t Real

By Noor Al-Sibai

Joe Rogan seems to think that HIV doesn't cause AIDS — but that "party drugs," including poppers, just might.

Health & Medicine

Joe Rogan’s Idiotic New Theory: AIDS Is Caused by Poppers

By Noor Al-Sibai

If you're in trouble over cosigning a bigoted conspiracy theorist, posting and deleting a Pizzagate meme is probably not the best look.

Elon Musk Posts and Then Deletes Idiotic Pizzagate Meme

By Noor Al-Sibai