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Conspiracy theorists are spreading rumors that NASA is faking the International Space Station and having astronauts float around underwater.

Maniac Conspiracy Theorists Think the Space Station Is Actually Underwater

By Victor Tangermann

In the aftermath of the Allen, Texas mass shooting, Elon Musk is openly engaging with alt-right psyop conspiracies.

Elon Musk Confused Why You’d Think Someone Was a Nazi Simply Because of Their Swastika Tattoo

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Experts asked GPT-4 100 leading prompts about conspiracy theories — and, shockingly, the chatbot didn't push back against any of them.

Artificial Intelligence

Researchers Find GPT-4 Is Significantly Less Accurate Than GPT-3

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to one conspiracy-minded Congressional Republican, there's a chance that his employer is reverse-engineering alien technology salvaged from UFOs.

Congressman Claims the US Government Has “Reverse-Engineered” Alien Tech from UFOs

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Flat Earthers have struck again — and this time, they're pondering why cities don't plummet into space when they're on the planet's "bottom."

Science & Energy

Flat Earthers Puzzled by Why People Don’t Fall Off “Bottom” of Globe

By Noor Al-Sibai

Star Trek alum George Takei, handily — and eloquently — eviscerated Twitter CEO Elon Musk's recent dive into far-right conspiracies.

Beloved Actor George Takei Absolutely Skewers Elon Musk

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Several conspiracy theories involving the Mandela effect and portal opening have gone viral, and CERN scientists are trying to counter the misinformation.

Science & Energy

CERN Scientists Annoyed That People Think They’re Ripping a Hole in Reality

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In an interview with Science, cosmologist and busy Twitter user Katie Mack laid out some of the weirdest and silliest "facts" about space she's seen.

Cosmologist Lists the Stupidest Things People Believe About Space

By Victor Tangermann

Podcaster Joe Rogan is once again in the news for being an anti-science dimwit — and even a quick perusal of his past shows that this isn't the first time.

If You Think Joe Rogan Is Credible, This Bizarre Clip of Him Yelling at a Scientist Will Probably Change Your Mind

By Noor Al-Sibai

Former President Donald Trump took far-right personality Candace Owens to task for questioning the safety of COVID-19 vaccines because, clearly, 2021 still has a few surprises left for us yet.

Donald Trump Touts Vaccine Safety, Humiliates Right-Winger

By Noor Al-Sibai

A diagram conspiracy theorists claimed to be of a 5G chip that had been inserted into the COVID-19 vaccine turned out to be the schematic of a guitar pedal.

This Might Be the Dumbest Vaccine Conspiracy Theory We’ve Ever Seen

By Victor Tangermann

Coronavirus Conspiracy Theorists Are Setting 5G Towers on Fire

Coronavirus Conspiracy Theorists Are Setting 5G Towers on Fire

By Victor Tangermann

This weekend, a flat Earth conspiracy theorist launched himself in a homemade rocket — and crashed a minute later, dying in the wreck.

Guy Builds Rocket to Prove Earth Is Flat, Crashes It, Dies

By Jon Christian

After refusing to ban InfoWars, Twitter's Jack Dorsey said the problem was his failure to explain Twitter's decisions. That's not the real issue.

Explaining Its Decisions Isn’t Going To Make Twitter Better

By Dan Robitzski