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.

The Automated Intimate Partner Violence Risk Support System analyzes clinical and radiologic data to identify intimate partner violence cases long before traditional methods.

From the authors of Quackery, a visual and narrative history of popular ideas, phenomena, and widely held beliefs disproven by science.  From the easily dis...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen, authors of "Pseudoscience," about why people want to believe in things like Bigfoot, palm reading, and spontaneous human combustion.

A new study has greatly expanded the number of gene variants thought to be tied to bipolar disorder.

Pray for my bookshelf.

It's called the "Freedom to Read Act."

A collection of 3-million-year-old bones unearthed 50 years ago in Ethiopia changed our understanding of human origins.

The fledgling social media site has been flooded with new users since the election. It hasn’t all been easy.