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Army Of Genetically Engineered Military Raccoons Demonstrate How Trolls Can Skew Conspiracy Theory ResearchAn image showing rows of racoons with red eyes lined up like a legion.

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Army Of Genetically Engineered Military Raccoons Demonstrate How Trolls Can Skew Conspiracy Theory ResearchAn image showing rows of racoons with red eyes lined up like a legion.
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Army Of Genetically Engineered Military Raccoons Demonstrate How Trolls Can Skew Conspiracy Theory Research

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Project Blue Beam: The 1990s Conspiracy Theory That Told Of Hologram Alien Invasions And A New World OrderAn image showing a digitally created UFO looming over some trees on what looks like a misty morning. The UFO looks like two large discs put together - like and Oreo - and it has a large bright light in the center of its underside.

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Project Blue Beam: The 1990s Conspiracy Theory That Told Of Hologram Alien Invasions And A New World OrderAn image showing a digitally created UFO looming over some trees on what looks like a misty morning. The UFO looks like two large discs put together - like and Oreo - and it has a large bright light in the center of its underside.
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Project Blue Beam: The 1990s Conspiracy Theory That Told Of Hologram Alien Invasions And A New World Order

clock-iconApril 20, 2026

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains How You Can't Believe In Flat Earth If You've Ever Seen A Lunar EclipseThe Moon, covered by an odd, oblong shadow, which you would see if the Earth was flat during a lunar eclipse.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains How You Can't Believe In Flat Earth If You've Ever Seen A Lunar EclipseThe Moon, covered by an odd, oblong shadow, which you would see if the Earth was flat during a lunar eclipse.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains How You Can't Believe In Flat Earth If You've Ever Seen A Lunar Eclipse

clock-iconApril 16, 2026

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Conspiracy Theorists Think NASA Video Shows Artemis Didn't Go Around The Moon, But There's A Simple ExplanationEngineers sitting in the Orion capsule in astronaut suits.

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Conspiracy Theorists Think NASA Video Shows Artemis Didn't Go Around The Moon, But There's A Simple ExplanationEngineers sitting in the Orion capsule in astronaut suits.
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Conspiracy Theorists Think NASA Video Shows Artemis Didn't Go Around The Moon, But There's A Simple Explanation

clock-iconApril 7, 2026

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Conspiracy Beliefs May Be Linked To A Love Of Rules And Order – Not A Lack Of Critical ThinkingA photo of a man wearing a yellow t-shirt standing on a road side looking at other people walking in the background. The man has his back to the camera and is wearing a bike helmet. His t-shirt has the word "FAKE" written over a graph showing a rising trend.

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Conspiracy Beliefs May Be Linked To A Love Of Rules And Order – Not A Lack Of Critical ThinkingA photo of a man wearing a yellow t-shirt standing on a road side looking at other people walking in the background. The man has his back to the camera and is wearing a bike helmet. His t-shirt has the word "FAKE" written over a graph showing a rising trend.
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Conspiracy Beliefs May Be Linked To A Love Of Rules And Order – Not A Lack Of Critical Thinking

clock-iconFebruary 27, 2026

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A Conspiracy Theory Mindset Can Be Predicted By These Two Psychological TraitsA photo showing a group of protestors holding a large sheet as a banner saying "Texas will not take the mark of the Beast" as part of an ant-vaccination march.

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A Conspiracy Theory Mindset Can Be Predicted By These Two Psychological TraitsA photo showing a group of protestors holding a large sheet as a banner saying "Texas will not take the mark of the Beast" as part of an ant-vaccination march.
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A Conspiracy Theory Mindset Can Be Predicted By These Two Psychological Traits

clock-iconJanuary 6, 2026
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Comet 3I/ATLAS Reaches Perihelion Today – “Alien Spaceship” Hypothesis To Be Tested Once And For Allthe comet is a fuzzy blue speck bright on one side than on the other, due to the forming tail.

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Comet 3I/ATLAS Reaches Perihelion Today – “Alien Spaceship” Hypothesis To Be Tested Once And For Allthe comet is a fuzzy blue speck bright on one side than on the other, due to the forming tail.
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Comet 3I/ATLAS Reaches Perihelion Today – “Alien Spaceship” Hypothesis To Be Tested Once And For All

clock-iconOctober 29, 2025
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Greenhouse Gases’ Heat Trapping Ability Hasn't Saturated As Some Predicted – But Why?coal-fired power plant producing greenhouse gas emissions

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Greenhouse Gases’ Heat Trapping Ability Hasn't Saturated As Some Predicted – But Why?coal-fired power plant producing greenhouse gas emissions
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Greenhouse Gases’ Heat Trapping Ability Hasn't Saturated As Some Predicted – But Why?

clock-iconOctober 27, 2025
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Flat-Earthers Proved Wrong Using A Security Camera And A GarageA garage door.

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Flat-Earthers Proved Wrong Using A Security Camera And A GarageA garage door.
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Flat-Earthers Proved Wrong Using A Security Camera And A Garage

clock-iconOctober 14, 2025
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432 Hz Or 440 Hz? The Conspiracy Theory That All The World's Instruments Are Tuned WrongA man playing a cello on stage.

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432 Hz Or 440 Hz? The Conspiracy Theory That All The World's Instruments Are Tuned WrongA man playing a cello on stage.
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432 Hz Or 440 Hz? The Conspiracy Theory That All The World's Instruments Are Tuned Wrong

clock-iconOctober 7, 2025
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There’s A New Key Cause Contributing To Divorce And Breakups In The USsilhouette of a man and a woman facing away from each other, as though in disagreement about something

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There’s A New Key Cause Contributing To Divorce And Breakups In The USsilhouette of a man and a woman facing away from each other, as though in disagreement about something
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There’s A New Key Cause Contributing To Divorce And Breakups In The US

clock-iconSeptember 30, 2025
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What Happened During Flat-Earthers' "Final Experiment" In AntarcticaAntarctica during the summer.

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What Happened During Flat-Earthers' "Final Experiment" In AntarcticaAntarctica during the summer.
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What Happened During Flat-Earthers' "Final Experiment" In Antarctica

clock-iconSeptember 4, 2025
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A Growing Number Of People Believe Aliens Have Visited Us – And That Could Be A ProblemAn edited photo showing a herd of cows walking away from the camera in a field. A large flying saucer has been added to the image above them and can be seen pulling a cow into the sky. The photo was taken on a sunny winter morning.

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A Growing Number Of People Believe Aliens Have Visited Us – And That Could Be A ProblemAn edited photo showing a herd of cows walking away from the camera in a field. A large flying saucer has been added to the image above them and can be seen pulling a cow into the sky. The photo was taken on a sunny winter morning.
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A Growing Number Of People Believe Aliens Have Visited Us – And That Could Be A Problem

clock-iconJuly 23, 2025
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Cup Of Water On Tiangong Space Station Sparks Bizarre Conspiracy TheoriesA glass of water on the Tiangong Space Station.

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Cup Of Water On Tiangong Space Station Sparks Bizarre Conspiracy TheoriesA glass of water on the Tiangong Space Station.
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Cup Of Water On Tiangong Space Station Sparks Bizarre Conspiracy Theories

clock-iconJune 19, 2025
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"Octopus Maps" Promote Conspiratorial Thinking Even When It Is UnintendedPrint shows a map of Europe with two octopuses superimposed, tentacles outstretched, over territories annexed, invaded, subjugated, etc. by Prussia.

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"Octopus Maps" Promote Conspiratorial Thinking Even When It Is UnintendedPrint shows a map of Europe with two octopuses superimposed, tentacles outstretched, over territories annexed, invaded, subjugated, etc. by Prussia.
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"Octopus Maps" Promote Conspiratorial Thinking Even When It Is Unintended

clock-iconJune 12, 2025
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