A conspiracy is by definition a plot, a scheme, orchestrated by multiple parties to bring about harm. Think Shakespeare’s ...

Everyone has looked up at the clouds and seen faces, animals, objects. Human brains are hardwired for this kind of whimsy. But some people—perhaps a surprising number—look to the sky and see ...

President Donald Trump thinks it’s possible that, some time in the past year or so, his political enemies planted damaging information about him in Jeffrey Epstein case files. Following the latest ...

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University of Hull provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. The focus of the fightback by Trump’s supporters is in Miami, where a Trump-appointed US attorney, Jason A. Reding Quiñones, has ...

Charlie Kirk, the slain conservative activist, was remembered at a memorial service in Arizona on Sunday. During the service, FBI Director Kash Patel posted on X that every possibility was being ...

"Bugonia" was written more than five years ago. But the newest film from Oscar-winner Yorgos Lanthimos feels almost ripped from today's headlines at times. The remake of the Korean film "Save the ...

During the last episode of Hulu’s The Kardashians, Kim Kardashian endorsed the conspiracy theory that the 1969 moon landing was faked. While on the set of the upcoming All’s Fair drama series, ...

Few other current directors can evoke strong reactions like Yorgos Lanthimos. Since the Greek filmmaker got his first big exposure with The Lobsterin 2015, his films have become the epitome of the ...

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. As anyone who has ...

Some tried and trusted techniques that might help. MIT Technology Review’s How To series helps you get things done. Someone I know became a conspiracy theorist seemingly overnight. It was during the ...

In Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest film “Bugonia,” Emma Stone plays a powerful CEO who’s abducted by two conspiracy-obsessed men, portrayed by Jesse Plemons and newcomer Aidan Delbis. But when it comes to ...