Scientists David Keith and Daniele Visioni argue that the growing commercial efforts to counter climate change by reflecting away sunlight will thwart responsible research in the field. www.technologyreview.com/2025/11/04/1...

Floridians have long been known to have a healthy skepticism of government and embrace personal freedom. But now the state is experiencing the toxic combination of these values with the anti-scientific-establishment movement, writes Miami Herald. archive.ph/ptEbu www.miamiherald.com/opinion/edit...

Marjorie Taylor Greene has said she believes in demons, surmising that they might be aliens who fell from heaven, and claims to have been unaware that key figures in the antisemitic space lasers conspiracy she floated were Jewish, reports Ramon Antonio Vargas. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rising global temperatures mean extreme weather events are becoming more common and more intense, writes Mark Poynting. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In a letter to the Prime Minister, leading figures from newspapers and broadcasting urge him to take steps to address the misinformation flourishing online, writes Daily Mail. archive.ph/PA8gB www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Authorities said the suspects exploited “religious and spiritual beliefs” to solicit money through digital platforms. bianet.org/haber/dozens...

What if ‘madness’ is just another way our brains try to explain the world? Bugonia isn’t only absurd; it’s deeply human, writes Dan Baumgardt, University of Bristol. theconversation.com/bugonia-why-...

Every day, physicians and therapists work to keep their patients safe. Medical rumors, misinformation, and an online web of disreputable sources aren’t making their jobs any easier, writes Rhiannon Williams. archive.ph/CQgeM www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...

A new report highlights UK journalists’ role in fuelling a distorted public debate around asylum seekers and the European Convention on Human Rights, writes Marina Adami. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/its-dri...

When I tested people’s blood after a protest, I discovered that science itself could be a form of dissent, Alexander Samuel tells Christine Ro. psyche.co/turning-poin...

Before you grit your teeth and respond to something a MAGA friend or family member sent you, read this, writes Lauryn Higgins. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/cult-e...

The expansiveness of the universe could make interstellar communication difficult, even for the most advanced civilizations, writes Paul M. Sutter. www.popularmechanics.com/space/a69138...

The son of Moonies sex cult leader speaks out for the first time about his experience of mass weddings, sex ceremonies and dark family secrets, reports Jim Maloney. archive.ph/coZ9C www.thesun.co.uk/news/3717916...

Scientologists played bagpipe music on speakers all day over the course of a weekend  to drown out protesters, reports Annabel Stock. www.theargus.co.uk/news/2559353...

Humans have known about, thought about and worried about climate change for millennia, Konstantine Panegyres, The University of Western Australia. theconversation.com/ancient-gree...

Turns out many believers do respond positively when presented with the right evidence and arguments, write Thomas Costello, Gordon Pennycook and David Rand. archive.ph/JbnIZ www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...

Without the European Convention on Human Rights, everyone in the UK would be further exposed to the capriciousness, extremism and incompetence of the authorities, writes Prof Paul Arnell. archive.ph/HzVi9 www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

Masculinity is almost always presented as toxic on my feed – but we need constructive alternatives to give hope to those who feel lost, says Josh Sargent. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The United States is currently in the midst of a grand experiment: what happens if we give conspiracy theorists the reins of the country? Writes Luis Prada. www.vice.com/en/article/i...

As a majority of global citizens call for bold climate change action, a new push for information integrity aims to neutralize the climate denial that has thwarted ambitious action, reports Stuart Braun. www.dw.com/en/push-to-c...

A crash outside of Area 51 has sparked locals and theorists to suggest there has been a military cover up, reports Olivia Ireland. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Mark Sables captured the white, cylindrical unidentified flying object moving through the skies above Carr House Road in Hyde Park last week, reports Darren Burke. www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/people/...

The alien question, while fun, generates misinformation and distracts from the science, writes Laura Nicole Driessen, University of Sydney. theconversation.com/is-it-aliens...

Amelia Taitarchive page asked Al Jean, The Simpson's longest-serving showrunner, about all the conspiracy theories. www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...

Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe, writes Anne Applebaum. archive.ph/UJW1y www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

A miracle off-label treatment cured my depression. I didn’t want to see it next to Botox and adaptogenic lattes, writes Taylor Prewitt. slate.com/life/2025/10...

Countless people enjoy raw meat and fish and live to tell the tale. Part of the reason is the overall improvement in food quality, writes Christopher Labos . montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...

What would the world look like if we changed the value of pi? Whether in the real world or a game environment, the answer is complex, writes Manon Bischoff. archive.ph/12XUz www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

The chances of an intelligent alien species currently existing in our Galaxy are pretty slim, according to new research, writes Iain Todd. www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/chance-...

Social media posts claiming that Hurricane Melissa was created as a result of the HAARP scientific programme are completely false, writes Joshua Salisbury. fullfact.org/environment/...

Research shows that most of us believe we should push back against misinformation on social media, but our behavior often doesn’t match this belief, write Susan A. Nolan and Michael Kimball. www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/misi...

Mike Rothschild has spent years studying the rise of QAnon and antivaccine conspiracism. After his house in Altadena, California, burned down, he found himself mired in similarly sticky webs of misinformation. archive.ph/KxEiN www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...

Reform UK is exploiting opposition to solar panels – but most farmers are more worried about climate change, write Alex Heffron, Lancaster University and Tom Carter-Brookes, Keele University. theconversation.com/you-cant-eat...

Why Tucker Carlson platformed white supremacist Nick Fuentes, writes Will Sommer. archive.ph/XLx3C www.thebulwark.com/p/one-of-the...

Girls as young as 10 are sometimes legally wed here in the U.S., even as we tell other countries to end this cruel practice, writes Nicholas Kristof. archive.ph/yRXNH www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/o...

Teaching chatbots to say “I don’t know” could curb hallucinations. It could also break AI’s business model, writes Celina Zhao. www.science.org/content/arti...

Countries have fallen behind on emissions goals, but Hannah Ritchie looks at the numbers and sees real gains, reports Jeremy Deaton. archive.ph/itcKv www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A group of Afrikaans-speaking South Africans, along with a University of Pretoria historian, have condemned the United States for distorting their reality to fit a dangerous political narrative. www.capetownetc.com/news/afrikan...

The carnivore diet promises clarity and quick results—but experts say the long-term effects on your heart, brain, and gut could be far more complicated, reports Caitlin Hoyland. archive.ph/GMpV2 www.nationalgeographic.com/health/artic...

Across the West, local lawmakers are ignoring residents and yanking the chemical, writes Leah Sottile. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

If you think this is a punchline, the joke is on you: underestimate the Kardashians at your peril. The Kardashians know every word they say will be leapt on, writes Polly Hudson. archive.ph/kDPbb inews.co.uk/opinion/nasa...

Vice President Vance on Wednesday shared his thoughts on UFOs and extraterrestral phenomena potentially having a divine influence on what happens on Earth, reports Ryan Mancini. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

A mysterious aircraft crash near Nevada’s secretive Area 51 has triggered weeks of speculation, a military probe — and allegations of a government cover-up, reports Ariel Zilber. archive.ph/pAaDo nypost.com/2025/10/31/u...

An unusual bright light that could be seen in the sky across Ireland on Wednesday night, prompting speculation of UFOs, may have be linked to Elon Musk’s latest SpaceX rocket launch, report Katie Mellett and Tim O'Brien. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Never before had death affected so many people at once, and taken so many young men in the prime of their life, writes Alice Vernon. theconversation.com/after-the-fi...

The idea that machines will be as smart as—or smarter than—humans has hijacked an entire industry. But look closely and you’ll see it’s a myth reminiscent of more explicitly outlandish and fantastical schemes, writes Will Douglas Heaven. archive.ph/AGIRt www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...

What do you do when a family member falls for a conspiracy theory? Asks Faith Hill. www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...

How the next wave of technology is upending the global economy and its power structures, reports Aaron Mak. archive.ph/pvXXs www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Ten people face charges for amplifying rumors that the French president’s wife is a man, a conspiracy theory that has drawn believers on both sides of the Atlantic, reports Sammy Westfall. archive.ph/aQNb1 www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS are exciting, but there is no reason to claim that they are evidence of alien spacecraft – sometimes a comet is just comet, says Robin George Andrews. web.archive.org/web/20251031... www.newscientist.com/article/2502...