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'Film Your Hospital' – The Anatomy of a COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory

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Oct. 15, 2020

The #FilmYourHospital movement encouraged people to record videos of themselves in seemingly emp ...

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The Exceptional Catalog of Election Polling Failures

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Oct. 14, 2020

The question looms in nearly every U.S. presidential election, even in this year’s race: Could t ...

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Coronavirus Vaccine: What We Know So Far

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Oct. 14, 2020

A survey of how a COVID-19 vaccine will work, the progress a leading vaccine is making, and what ...

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Plot to Kidnap Michigan's Governor Grew from the Militia Movement's Toxic Mix of Constitutional Falsehoods and Half-Truths

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Oct. 13, 2020

The U.S. militia movement has long been steeped in a peculiar – and unquestionably mistaken – in ...

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Why More Places Are Abandoning Columbus Day

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Oct. 12, 2020

More and more towns and cities across the country are electing to celebrate Indigenous Peoples D ...

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Researchers Are Preparing for the Coming Wave of Deepfake Propaganda

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Oct. 9, 2020

Deepfakes are here to stay. Managing disinformation and protecting the public will be more chall ...

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Inside John Lennon's Incredible Songwriting Partnership with Paul McCartney

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Oct. 9, 2020

Lennon would have been 80 years old on October 9, and his son Sean’s recent interview with Paul ...

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More Male Frontal Nudity Is Appearing on Screen -- But Most of It Is Fake

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Oct. 9, 2020

If you’ve noticed an uptick of male frontal nudity in TV and in movies in recent years, you’re o ...

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VP Debates Are Often Forgettable – But Dan Quayle Never Recovered

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Oct. 7, 2020

Dan Quayle’s legacy is the cautionary tale of how he let himself be defined by one debate mistake.

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A Brief History of Presidents Disclosing – or Trying to Hide – Health Problems

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Oct. 2, 2020

President Trump was direct in announcing he had COVID-19. But presidents in the past have been v ...

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No, You Cannot Pierce Your Brain with a Swab Test

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Oct. 2, 2020

It is extremely unlikely for any person who doesn’t have a pre-existing weakness in the nose to ...

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Don't Underestimate the Power of the Putdown in a Presidential Debate

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Sept. 29, 2020

Delivering a comeback can be a potent political weapon, deflecting criticism, hammering home a p ...

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Fox News Uses the Word 'Hate' Much More Than MSNBC or CNN

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Sept. 28, 2020

Fox News is up to five times more likely to use the word “hate” in its programming than its main ...

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Grannies Are Spreading QAnon Conspiracy Theory Memes on Facebook

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Sept. 25, 2020

The depth of interest needed to comment and then share a political idea on Facebook will trigger ...

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Does Wearing Glasses Protect You from Coronavirus?

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Sept. 20, 2020

Researchers in China have found that people who wear glasses appear to be at lower risk of catch ...

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Can Trump and McConnell Seat a Supreme Court Justice in 6 Weeks?

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Sept. 20, 2020

A political battle is shaping up over the confirmation of the next Supreme Court Justice.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Helped Shape the Modern Era of Women's Rights

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Sept. 18, 2020

When he nominated Ginsburg to the Supreme Court, President Bill Clinton compared her legal work ...

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6 Ways Mail-In Ballots Are Protected from Fraud

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Sept. 17, 2020

The mail-in voting process has several built-in safeguards that together make it hard for one pe ...

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Faked Videos Shore Up False Beliefs About Biden's Mental Health

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Sept. 17, 2020

The Trump campaign and its surrogates have seized on Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s age and have ...

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Climate Change and Forest Management Have Both Fueled Western Wildfires

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Sept. 16, 2020

Climate change and forest management practices both have contributed to today’s fire conditions, ...

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