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Fact-checking the news

Psychology
How to resist and counter today’s flood of fake news

By Alexandra WitzeSeptember 16, 2021
Math
What the mummy’s curse reveals about your brain

By Kathryn HulickJanuary 14, 2021
Science & Society
Introducing the Transparency Project

By Janet RaloffMarch 4, 2020
Science & Society
Studies test ways to slow the spread of fake news

By Kathiann KowalskiOctober 17, 2019
Science & Society
Climate misinformation may be thriving on YouTube

By Sujata GuptaSeptember 23, 2019
Tech
Scientists enlist computers to hunt down fake news

By Maria TemmingSeptember 27, 2018
Computing
Computers can now make fool-the-eye fake videos

By Maria TemmingSeptember 27, 2018
Psychology
Teen fights fake news, one newsfeed at a time

By Bethany BrookshireMay 18, 2018

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Science & Society
On Twitter, fake news has greater allure than truth does

By Maria TemmingApril 13, 2018
Science & Society
In an era of fake news, students must act like journalists

By Sheila Mulrooney EldredSeptember 22, 2017
Science & Society
Fake news: How not to fall for it

By Sheila Mulrooney EldredSeptember 21, 2017
Science & Society
Fact checking: How to think like a journalist

By Janet RaloffSeptember 21, 2017