The government wants to criminalise virginity checks, surgeries and other forms of patriarchal pseudoscience. The aim is to ...

This paper explored the intersection of science and pseudoscience in online discourse about detoxification, investigating how and to what extent they coexist on the web. Drawing on previous studies of ...

This isn’t just an animal health crisis — it’s a risk to public health. When animals consume foods containing live virus, ...

The cow dung row in Delhi underscores the erosion of scientific temper in India's educational landscape, writes .

As US President Donald Trump takes aim at the Smithsonian Institution for "anti-American ideology", Adam Rutherford examines ...

A personal loss reveals a national crisis—how blind faith in alternative medicine is costing lives in modern India, where ...

Take, for instance, the idea that the Earth is flat. If you disagree with that, well, you’re not alone: most flat-Earthers ...

The Soviet agronomist Trofim Lysenko peddled pseudoscience, had Stalin’s backing, and promoted notions that wrecked the lives ...

Dean of the College Michael D. Gordin’s On the Fringe has been selected as the Pre-read for the Class of 2029, exploring how ...

The book uses history and philosophy to explore how to distinguish science from pseudoscience. Members of the incoming Class of 2029 will read it this summer as part of their introduction to the ...

In their new book, Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen survey flat Earth theory, fake moon landings and other scientific myths and why people believe them.

Tom Cruise has remained one of the biggest action stars in the world for decades now, and in recent years, the actor has not been in anyone's bad books.