Exploring bleeding edge experiments, oddities, new and bizarre dicoveries, and fact-checking conspiracy theories since 2008. No question is out of bounds and no topic is too strange for a deep dive.
# science
Mastering your emotions and understanding what others feel and why can make you more resistant to fake news and social media hoaxes.
# tech
Modern design and social media leveled the playing field for news outlets. But in doing so, they helped lies and hoaxes thrive alongside reputable sources.
# tech
A new artificial intelligence system called GROVER can create extremely plausible fake news stories. Why would anyone build something like this? Why, to fight fake news of course!
# oddities
Both Finland and the United States have a serious fake news problem, but only one of them has been successful in tacking it. How this played out is both instructive and disturbing
# podcast
Social media and computers didn’t create a world filled with fake news and confirmation bias. We did. But the technology definitely helped...
# oddities
Now, when there are actual consequences for advancing the Pizzagate conspiracy, Alex Jones is running away from it.
# science
If scientists don't get aggressively involved in policy and soon, there might not be much science left for them to do...
# tech
If you thought fake news were bad, welcome to the hell that is fake fact checking.
# science
While pervasive, deceptive fake news seems to be a new phenomenon for the public, the science world has been trying to battle their version of it for years.
# oddities
The Daily Mail, an infamously fact-averse tabloid, decided to fire a preemptive shot against Snopes by smearing its founders and screaming bias.