Poor sleep may fuel conspiracy beliefs, according to new research
A new study from the University of Nottingham has revealed that poor sleep quality may increase susceptibility to conspiracy beliefs,…
A new study from the University of Nottingham has revealed that poor sleep quality may increase susceptibility to conspiracy beliefs,…
A new study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine is shedding light on how scientific evidence and…
Since the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021, fake news on social media has been widely blamed for low…
People who believe in conspiracies, reject the covid-19 vaccine, or prefer alternative medicine are more likely to endorse mythical causes…
People living in the United States are more than three times more likely to share misinformation and conspiracy theories about…
Belief that the COVID-19 pandemic was a hoax – that its severity was exaggerated or that the virus was deliberately…
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when false information about the virus began to spread on Twitter, physicians and…
Parenting communities on Facebook were subject to a powerful misinformation campaign early in the COVID-19 pandemic that pulled them closer…
As the COVID-19 pandemic surged, the World Health Organization and the United Nations issued a stark warning: an “infodemic” of online…
A new study led by Indiana University has found that brief exposure to an infographic about the scientific process may…
Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, a trio of science communication researchers proposes to treat the Covid-19 misinformation…
People who trust television and Facebook to provide them with accurate news about the coronavirus pandemic are less knowledgeable about…
A new study from University of Kansas journalism & mass communication researchers examines what influences people to be susceptible to…
The COVID-19 pandemic raises important questions about the role of life sciences in society and if the voices of scientists…
In March, in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic in Europe, a tweet from the French Health Minister, Olivier…
One study says coffee is good for you, while another study says that it’s not. They’re both right, within context….
Mistaken belief in mythical causes of cancer is rife according to new research jointly funded by Cancer Research UK and…