A group of researchers studied the personality traits most common in conspiracy-brained people, discovering insecurity might ...

For as long as the world has been a complex and confusing place, human beings have tried to make sense of the chaos. Whether through science, religion, mythology, or imaginative speculation, it is ...

Conspiracy theories are everywhere, and they can involve just about anything. The extreme consequences of unfounded conspiratorial beliefs could be seen on the staircases of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 ...

Contrails have a simple explanation, but not everyone wants to believe it. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster Calum Lister Matheson, University of Pittsburgh Online influencers with millions of followers have ...

Mike Rothschild has spent years studying the rise of QAnon and antivaccine conspiracism. After his house in Altadena, California, burned down, he found himself mired in similarly sticky webs of ...

Conspiracy theories have been with us for ages, and they seem to be becoming more absurd as time goes on. But how and why do people end up falling for these absurd ideas, and why is it so hard to talk ...

A five-year study dispels the stereotype of conspiracy theorists as angry loners or keyboard warriors. Rather, social and emotional connections provided by conspiracy theorists are recruiting diverse ...

Conspiracy thinking: Nourished by the Internet and fueled by economic anxiety. May 27, 2919— -- It's an astonishing claim: The tornado that ravaged Joplin, Mo., last Sunday, killing at least 125 ...