Misinformation has become a much-discussed issue in public and academic domains. One harmful aspect of misinformation is that it can persistently influence people's judgements after clear and credibl...

Scientific Reports - When scientific sources fail to convince: evidence-oriented thinking enhances the effectiveness of science-based corrections

On social media, people often react to posts using both written comments and images. While prior work has shown that these reactions can influence belief in claims, it has often conflated signals of (...

Did Dezi Freeman really kill two police officers or was he framed by the Government? This is one question being posed on a Facebook group for last weekend’s March for Australia anti-immigration rallie...

For decades, corporate undermining of scientific consensus has eroded the scientific process worldwide. Guardrails for protecting science-informed processes, from peer review to regulatory decision ma...

Images generated using artificial intelligence (AI) have become increasingly realistic, sparking discussions and fears about an impending “infodemic” where we can no longer trust what we see on the in...

People can’t agree on how to define misinformation and its related terms, making regulation nearly impossible. Instead, free expression serves as a better tool for discovering truth.

Despite widespread concerns over AI-generated misinformation, its impact on people’s reasoning and the effectiveness of countermeasures remain unclear. This study examined whether a pre-emptive, sourc...

Australians want journalists to tell the truth. Is that a simple request?

The Anti-Autocracy Handbook is a call to action, resilience, and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism. It tries to provide guidance to ...

“Knowledge is power”—or at least it was when Sir Francis Bacon coined this phrase in the 16th century. In today’s world, we frequently encounter a different variant of this philosophy, perhaps best de...

Published in Psychological Inquiry: An International Journal for the Advancement of Psychological Theory (Vol. 36, No. 1, 2025)

Too often, we excuse misinformation as a matter of opinion or free speech. And the consequences are dire.

Misinformation expert Timothy Caulfield investigates the purported ‘crisis in masculinity,’ debunks toxic men’s health myths, and meets with people challenging traditional masculine norms.

When thousands of fake accounts controlled by an unknown actor flood social media with some story, and platform algorithms amplify these messages, real...

True to his campaign promises, on 20 January 2025, US President Donald Trump signed a broad range of Executive Orders, the scope of which ranged from renaming the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” t...

Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.

Following a Jan. 29 memo, staff at the CDC are removing any content related to “gender ideology,” with a deadline of Friday afternoon.

Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...