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Scientists Suggest US Embassies Were Hit with High-Power Microwaves

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Dec. 10, 2020

The mystery ailment that has afflicted U.S. embassy staff and CIA officers off and on over the l ...

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The Electoral College System Isn't 'One Person, One Vote'

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Dec. 9, 2020

Voters in small states have more Electoral College votes per capita than larger, more diverse st ...

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Conspiracy Theories May Seem Irrational – But They Fulfill a Basic Human Need

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Dec. 9, 2020

Many irrational beliefs are attempts to protect mental health by responding to the human need fo ...

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FILE - In this undated file photo issued by the University of Oxford on Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, a researcher in a laboratory at the Jenner Institute in Oxford, England, works on the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. With major COVID-19 vaccines showing high levels of protection, British officials are cautiously — and they stress cautiously — optimistic that life may start returning to normal by early April. Even before regulators have approved a single vaccine, the U.K. and countries across Europe are moving quickly to organize the distribution and delivery systems needed to inoculate millions of citizens. (University of Oxford/John Cairns via AP, File)

Less Than a Year to Develop a COVID Vaccine? Here's Why You Shouldn't Be Alarmed

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Dec. 7, 2020

To date, there has not been a single associated death related to COVID vaccines and only a handf ...

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'Socialism' Is a Trigger Word on Social Media -- What Does It Mean?

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Dec. 2, 2020

Both support for socialism and attacks on it appear to be on the rise.

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Your Brain's Built-In Biases Insulate Your Beliefs from Contradictory Facts

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Dec. 1, 2020

Several well-known mechanisms in human psychology enable people to continue to hold tight to bel ...

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How Do Pandemics End? History Suggests Diseases Fade But Are Almost Never Truly Gone

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Nov. 25, 2020

Experts tell us that even with a successful vaccine and effective treatment, COVID-19 may never ...

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How Advertising Shaped Thanksgiving as We Know It

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Nov. 23, 2020

Although few appreciate it, advertisers have shaped the Thanksgiving meal as much as family trad ...

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'I Won the Election' – How Powerful People Use Lousy Lies To Twist Reality

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Nov. 23, 2020

"Lousy lies" are the types of lies or false truths that seem so obviously implausible that they ...

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Why Trump's Election Fraud Claims Aren't Showing Up in His Lawsuits

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Nov. 23, 2020

There seems to be a real disconnect between the claims of widespread fraud, a stolen election an ...

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The Rise and Fall of Tab – The Iconic Diet Soda Gets Canned

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Nov. 23, 2020

Tab, the Coca-Cola company’s original diet soda brand, is headed to the soda graveyard, joining ...

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JFK-Oswald Conspiracy Theory Debunked in Mexico?

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Nov. 20, 2020

Several JFK assassination experts see Mexico as the best place to find answers regarding a possi ...

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Batmen and Unicorns: Inside the Original Moon Hoax

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Nov. 18, 2020

The Great Moon Hoax refers to six articles in the New York Sun headlined “Great Astronomical Dis ...

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Ranked: The Environmental Impact of Five Different Soft Drink Containers

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Nov. 17, 2020

Here they are, ranked from worst to best.

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When Christmas Was Cancelled: A Lesson from History

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Nov. 13, 2020

The prospect of a Christmas without large-scale celebrations is preying on people's minds.

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Fox News, Donald Trump's Cheerleaders and the Journalists Who Challenged His Narrative

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Nov. 10, 2020

The relationship between the current US president and Fox News has been close since Trump declar ...

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Pfizer Vaccine: What an 'Efficacy Rate Above 90%' Really Means

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Nov. 10, 2020

Efficacy, effectiveness – what’s the difference?

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How White Became the Color of Suffrage

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Nov. 9, 2020

During her victory speech, Kamala Harris, the first woman to be elected vice president of the Un ...

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The Complicated Origin of the Expression 'Peanut Gallery'

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Nov. 9, 2020

“No comments from the peanut gallery!” For many Americans who were born in the 1940s or 1950s, t ...

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Congress Could Select the President in a Disputed Election

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Nov. 5, 2020

The Founding Fathers meant for Congress – not the courts – to be the backup plan if the Electora ...

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