Trump helped overturn Roe. Anti-abortion advocates still aren’t happy, reports Peter Balonon-Rosen and Sean Rameswaram. archive.ph/MmCkY www.vox.com/podcasts/488...

Researchers who study political violence say that the U.S. is in a period of more intense political rhetoric, but there have been far darker periods in the nation’s history, reports Jackie Flynn Mogensen. archive.ph/I9TYb www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-t...

Polling released a couple of weeks ago found that nuclear power has a “miserable” level of support in Scotland, with more than half of those surveyed saying that the main focus should be on renewables. archive.ph/0u36X www.thenational.scot/business/260...

The search for MH370 had stalled for years, until an unlikely source offered a different way to follow the evidence, reports Andrew Daniels. www.popularmechanics.com/flight/airli...

A scheme to reduce traffic congestion in Oxford, England, later this year has been falsely portrayed online as a measure to prevent residents from leaving their neighbourhoods without permission, reports Reuters Fact Check. www.reuters.com/fact-check/o...

Declassified FBI files claim aliens view humans as the 'lowest' form of life, as the Trump administration drops a bombshell haul of secret UFO data, reports Liam Randall. www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-n...

"This whole evil alien trope seems to me to be a mirror held back to how our civilization has interacted with itself," Neil deGrasse Tyson tells Jeff Spry. www.space.com/entertainmen...

The state of Georgia banned the use of QR codes for elections, based in part on the assertions of a man who’s boosted false claims about Israel and 9/11. Now no one knows how ballots will be counted, reports David Gilbert. archive.ph/kvs2L www.wired.com/story/conspi...

Scientists, doctors, intelligence officials and ordinary Britons are increasingly willing to discuss experiences once dismissed as fantasy, Jonathan Margolis reports. archive.ph/MQcV9 www.independent.co.uk/life-style/k...

Belief in alien life may be its own religion, along with declining trust in U.S. institutions, writes Diana Walsh Pasulka. archive.ph/DB41i www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

If there’s no proof of aliens, the president can blame the deep state. If there’s proof, he’s a hero. Either way, it helps his popularity, says writer Daniel Lavelle. archive.ph/Tb1Oc www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Tesla billionaire Elon Musk responded, “True,” to a post on X that called Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” “racist against the Greek people and their cultural heritage,” reports Conor Murray. www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...

Hantavirus misinformation is spreading fast. COVID trauma and social media algorithms may be to blame, writes Allison Parshall. archive.ph/BMewi www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

In Tshopo, a northeastern Congolese province blanketed in rainforest, rumours rippled through villages late last year claiming a mysterious illness had caused men's genitals to atrophy, report Jessica Donati, Fiston Mahamba and Rachael Kennedy. www.reuters.com/business/med...

Alex Batty, who was abducted as a child and taken to live abroad by his mother, has contacted her for the first time since his return to the UK in 2023, report George Sandeman and Ellen Kirwin. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The European Commission promised to issue a non-binding recommendation to member states to ban the practice next year instead, reports Alex Bollinger. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/05/over...

There is no hard evidence that ivermectin can treat cancer, but that hasn’t stopped people from trying it, reports Claire Cameron. archive.ph/vC0OC www.scientificamerican.com/article/iver...

A video of British police officers loading a mannequin into a police van in central London last year has been misrepresented online as officers arresting it for offending Muslims, reports Reuters Fact Check. www.reuters.com/fact-check/v...

As the number of confirmed hantavirus cases from the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius reaches nine, social media users have firmly revived Covid-19-era conspiracy theories of "bioweapons" and "plandemics", explains Vedika Bahl. www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...

A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that our preexisting beliefs deeply influence how we learn new information in our daily lives, reports Eric W. Dolan. www.psypost.org/your-eyes-re...

For the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters, writes Noah Hawley. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Under Trump, conspiracy has spread from low-status voters to Washington’s respectable liberal class, writes Freddie Hayward. archive.ph/V65L9 www.newstatesman.com/world/americ...

Tina Peters allowed a far-right activist to access her county’s election system to help efforts to overturn the 2020 election, reports Aaron Pellish and Gregory Svirnovskiy. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

False claims based on bad translation slip past policies targeting hate speech and medical misinformation, reports Anna Merlan. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The fate of similar rumors suggests how our news ecosystem and political environment have mutated, reports Anna Merlan. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The Northern Territory has recorded the country's first reported death from diphtheria in almost a decade, as experts urge people to get vaccinated. reports Olivana Lathouris. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Abdul Halim Khan would tell young girls they needed "curing" from "bad spirits". Catherine Wyatt has spoken to two of his victims about their experiences. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ballmaxxing involves pumping fluid into the scrotum, which doctors warn can cause tissue damage, infertility, and worse, reports Ashley Fike. www.vice.com/en/article/i...

A church pastor has appeared in court over the death of a man who drowned during a baptism ceremony at a house in Birmingham. Robert Smith, 61, was submerged in a pool and left for a total four minutes, report Aida Fofana and Kevin Reide. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Holiday hotspot Marbella has long been renowned for its glamour and celebrity clientele. Sources told Claudia Lee the manosphere's prominent presence in this city means women now steer clear of notorious haunts. web.archive.org/web/20260511... www.thesun.co.uk/news/3889367...

A "cunning" and "manipulative" former imam in east London has been given a life sentence with a minimum prison term of 20 years for a series of sexual attacks on women and girls as young as 12, reports Aleem Maqbool and Harry Low. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

When Jaycie Conley felt a tension headache coming on, she gave her neck a satisfying crack. The new mum suffered a 'giant' headache after her first baby was born, and soon after her life was 'torn apart,' reports Hannah Robinson. web.archive.org/web/20260505... www.thesun.co.uk/health/38956...

Mothers who actively engage with their sons can help them break free from the manosphere and build better, happier lives, writes Steven Ing. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sexu...

Reform’s wins at the local elections have been largely attributed to identity and culture wars. But Grace Lordan argues that it’s economics that explains the results. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Internet gore videos are coming for a generation of chronically online teenagers. It’s turning human suffering into entertainment, and ruining lives in its wake, reports Sabrina Jones. slate.com/technology/2...

I cannot fight multiple virus misinformation grifters at once COVID misinformation battling has been the hardest advocacy work I’ve ever done mostly bc it’s like yelling the same thing constantly at tidal waves that keep crashing onto you and I am a little mouse at least I can swim

The police in Los Angeles, New York, Sydney and elsewhere are responding to incidents related to a TikTok trend involving running through Scientology churches, reports Madison Malone Kircher. archive.ph/7M9WM www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/s...

The hantavirus cruise outbreak may not have started in a garbage dump in Ushuaia, Argentina, after all, reports Kate Wong. archive.ph/vtkkl www.scientificamerican.com/article/doub...

The tragic and fatal outbreak of hantavirus onboard a luxury cruise ship highlights the gaps in research and treatments for the rare and mysterious infection—including how the virus spreads among people, reports Adam Kovac. archive.ph/4rq1R www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

Michail Chkhikvishvili, a 22-year-old Georgian national, was charged with soliciting hate crimes and acts of mass violence and pleaded guilty in November, reports Mike Bedigan. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

The FBI’s UFO archive includes flying saucers, giant “human-like” visitors, and one very strange 1947 memo, reports Evan Roberson. www.vice.com/en/article/e...

A jaw-dropping photo of a giant see-through alien with a mantis-style head has been declared authentic by FBI experts. The alleged transparent extraterrestrial was photographed by a police officer on 6 May 2011, reports Sian Hewitt. www.dailystar.co.uk/news/us-news...

Hospitals and health systems need to loosen the reins and let physicians combat social media misinformation, writes Adam Goodcoff. archive.ph/NvLLC www.statnews.com/2026/05/13/h...

False flag stories reveal a deeper truth about Trump’s failing presidency, writes Amanda Marcotte. www.salon.com/2026/05/13/a...

Experts say A.I. tools have made it even easier for influencers and others to spread false messages online, write Teddy Rosenbluth and Steven Lee Myers. archive.ph/XAWAZ www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/w...

The global food system is more productive than ever, but it's pushing natural systems out of balance in the extreme. Can science help farmers produce the food we need in a more sustainable way? Asks Jacqueline Garget. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/scie...

The Internet loves fitness-motivation content. Olympian and researcher Valerie Gruest explains to Allison Parshall why it can be so harmful. archive.ph/lAU0y www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-de...

Jay Cooper was elected as a Reform candidate but said he has now resigned from the party, just days after the local elections, reports Dan Haygarth. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Theologians express skepticism over latest Pentagon release of declassified material and ask: ‘What if the better explanation isn’t extraterrestrial – but extra-dimensional?’ Writes Joe Sommerlad. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

A Reform UK councillor proposed monitoring UFOs above an airport due to reopen in Yorkshire, reports Holly Patrick. www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/refo...