Have you ever taken a personality test seriously? Or maybe you’ve wondered if you could freeze yourself in liquid nitrogen to help revitalize your body postmortem? Human tendencies to believe in such ...

Pseudoscience is a system of explanations, methods, and assumptions that pose as science but don’t follow core scientific principles like testability and falsifiability. Pseudoscience is different ...

Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promoted another fringe theory about autism – linking it to circumcision or to pain ...

Gordin (Einstein in Bohemia), a science historian, takes readers on a revelatory tour of pseudoscience and what lessons can be learned from it. “Pseudoscience is a lot like heresy: if the label sticks ...

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Karoline Leavitt had several days to come up with a reason why the president promoted a video about magic beds. She ...

Tyler O'Neil is senior editor at The Daily Signal and the author of two books: "Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center," and "The Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal ...

Earlier this year, The Washington Post reported on a 2022 survey by trees.com. Responding to one of the survey’s questions, 50% of 1,250 respondents reported they talked to their plants and trees.

The consensus among major medical associations—including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association and the Endocrine Society—is clear: Gender-affirming care is ...

Goop deserves the backlash it gets, especially with shows like The Goop Lab now airing on Netflix and amplifying pseudoscience. But focusing solely on Gwyneth Paltrow misses the bigger picture.