How do we shake people out of the cozy realities they tend to build for themselves online?

Unsurprisingly, bin Ladens death immediately spawned a raft of conspiracy theories around what really happened in Abbottabad.

Newspapers are still on the warpath against bloggers and it's not working out for them.

Blaming porn for societal problems isn't exclusive to religious zealots.

Panic about social media ruining kids' minds is just another in a long line of panics created by older generations intimidated by new technology.

When you spend your days fear-mongering and creating imaginary existential threats, is it any wonder if violence breaks out as a consequence?

The good news is that we have a growing skeptical movement. The bad news is that we actually need one...

Cramming science into a fashion magazine didn't seem to work last year so naturally, GQ is going to try it again.

It's been a busy week for conspiracy theorists and cautionary tales for those who believe in them.

Sometimes angry calls for more civility in political and social discourse are necessary. And sometimes they're just a muzzle for partisan bloviators who can dish it out but can't take it.

Ragbir Bhathal responds to Weird Things to set the record straight: the story about his detection of laser signals from Gliese 581g are pure fiction.

Step one: paint all scientists as completely un-relatable weirdos. Step two: wonder why so few kids want to grow up to be scientists.

That's right Baroness Greenfield, not needing a miracle in the lab is the same thing as a holy war against the unbelievers.

Conspiracies seem to be all around us today. And ironically, that's the reason why most of them can't possibly be true.

In sparing the feeling of religious zealots and ardent believers of junk science, we've done ourselves no favors.