In a study published in Science today, Mingsha Zhang, a neuroscientist at Beijing Normal University, focused on the thalamus.

In a world of constant stimulation, the thalamus filters which thoughts we become aware of and which we don’t.

The prevailing theory on the origin of cancer is that an otherwise normal cell accumulates genetic mutations that allow it to grow and reproduce unchecked. This paradigm has driven large-scale ...

NOTTINGHAM, England — Why do some people fall for conspiracy theories while others don’t? Research has typically focused on political beliefs and personality traits, but scientists have uncovered a ...

As far as I can tell, they have four (not mutually exclusive) theories. Yeah, about that. First, Trump is a world-class blame-shifter. He could drive the country into a volcano, and his base would ...

Lately, one particularly adrenaline-inducing travel tip has made major waves on social media: Enter the “airport theory,” which posits that you need only arrive at the airport by 15 or 20 ...

If there’s anything we can count on after watching a brain-busting episode of Severance, it’s that the internet will always provide just-as-wild theories that get our heads spinning.

But alongside punishing winds, rain and flooding, another kind of damage spread during the long wait: conspiracy theories and misinformation were rife on social media. They were part of a growing ...

When it comes to conspiracy theories, there is no shortage of weird and wacky "alternative truths" out there. But although it is easy to dismiss conspiracy theories as "unhinged beliefs held by a ...

The complex relationship between mental health, conspiracy theories, and disinformation that no one's talking about. Credit: BOB AL-GREENE / MASHABLE COMPOSITE; SHUTTERSTOCK This story is part of ...