I have been researching the psychology of conspiracy beliefs for seven years now and people often ask me why people believe in them. This is not a simple question. There are many reasons people might ...

It’s a commonly-held assumption that most people who believe in conspiracy theories are loners — and new research backs it up. There are also classic questions of what’s causing what. In a new paper ...

The world is trying to recover Friday from a global IT outage sparked overnight that’s caused massive problems for airlines, 911 emergency systems, shipping companies, banks, TV broadcasters, and a ...