Now, one theorist warns that the human civilization of 8.2 billion people is at a critical junction: teetering between what he forecasts will be authoritarian collapse and superabundance. “Industrial ...

Posts about baseless theories — ranging from celebrity involvement to secret government weapons — have racked up millions of views. Despite fact-checking efforts, researchers say conspiracies ...

Sensible stuff. At the rally, RFK Jr. – as he is usually known – was clearly on message, trying to put his reputation as an anti-vax conspiracy theorist behind him. But the public record of ...

Social comparison theory is the idea that individuals determine their own social and personal worth based on how they stack up against others. The theory was developed in 1954 by psychologist Leon ...

The basis of social learning theory is simple: People learn by watching other people. We can learn from anyone—teachers, parents, siblings, peers, co-workers, YouTube influencers, athletes ...

Here are some of the biggest space myths and conspiracy theories that just won't go away. Twelve NASA astronauts walked on the moon between 1969 and 1972, but in the decades since Apollo 11 ...

The pop star has begun teasing a major announcement early in 2025, and naturally, the BeyHive is already abuzz with theories about what it might be... even though it did get a bit delayed.

A conspiracy theorist close to Donald Trump has sparked further controversy after waging war against Indian migrants in the US. Laura Loomer, 31, a right-wing theorist and social media influencer ...

Matt Patches is an executive editor at Polygon. He has over 15 years of experience reporting on movies and TV, and reviewing pop culture. Some of the chatter on /r/GTA7 teeters into speculation ...

According to Don Spong, a fusion theorist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, electricity from a government-funded fusion pilot plant may be fed to the grid as early as 2040-2045. He provided an update ...

Patel is also an avid conspiracy theorist. From 2021 to 2023, he hosted a show for a far-right news outlet called The Epoch Times. NBC News reviewed 79 episodes of that show and found that Patel ...