Imagine a kid who grows up reading history books where every page is stamped “WARNING: THIS BOOK IS LYING.” You’d expect them to come away skeptical, or at least uncertain. New research on so-called ...

There is so much going on in the news that it can be easy to overlook the fact that the president continues to tell a whole lot of lies. President Donald Trump delivered a dizzying variety of false ...

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As Manchester United slide inexorably into next season’s Champions League, it’s hard not to think that barring a biblical capitulation Michael Carrick has coached his way into a permanent position in ...

It’s been 20 years since Warren Jeffs, the “prophet” who ran the cult-like polygamist Mormon offshoot the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Short Creek, Utah, was arrested ...

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You have probably encountered the base rate fallacy, and it probably fooled you. Part mathematical paradox and part cognitive bias, this mental oversight has surprisingly forceful things to say about ...

The 23 rd annual True/False film festival in Columbia, MO has reached its midway point, with one of documentary’s most revered talents presiding as Visiting Artistic Director – Oscar nominee Yance ...

While commercial aircraft are careful to avoid flying over conflict areas, airlines are increasingly confronting a dangerous spillover from war zones—spoofing. The practice involves state and ...

I have been playing Dungeons & Dragons for more than 20 years, and in all that time, I have never encountered a monster more original and interesting than the False Hydra. Perhaps the most popular ...

GM Les Snead lays out his football-biology experiment, precisely as he and coach Sean McVay want it played, like when Los Angeles is at its best. Those words, only 46 total, are short and ...