Misinformation after disasters is growing in part because AI-powered software makes it easier to create and spread lies on social media.

Fake news pushes people's buttons.

Claims that new research shows the oceans are speeding global cooling have raced across social media, tapping into a wider ...

From claims that vaccines don't work to manipulated images and deliberately misrepresenting what politicians say, social media is often rife with misinformation. But far from being a recent phenomenon ...

It’s not just humans who suffer from leading one another astray. So do fish, flies and even bacteria. By Carl Zimmer Earlier this year, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine ...

Massachusetts health officials are scrubbing links to federal health data from their web pages after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week promoted the debunked claim that vaccines ...

Trustees at member institutions across the Big Ten are pushing back on a proposed $2.4 billion private equity deal that some argue has been too rushed, lacking transparency and proper vetting. Now, ...

HELSINKI, Finland — The rise of social media has reshaped how people access and interpret health information, and nowhere is this more evident than in the booming market for dietary supplements and ...

“What do you do for work?” is one of the most common small-talk questions in American life. As someone who’s spent years studying misinformation—and even wrote a book about it—I’ve had plenty of ...

TOPSHOT - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with heads of state and representatives ahead of the COP30 UN climate conference. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP via Getty Images) With the COP30 ...

Reliable tipster Ice Universe has clarified key details about the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, debunking recent misinformation about its camera and battery. The phone will reportedly retain the same 10MP ...

The woman sitting across from Kathy Miller, MD, had arrived too late. Not late for her appointment — late for the kind of treatment that might have saved her life. Months earlier, when her cancer was ...