california Some trick-or-treaters will get a Trump University 'degree' for Halloween Rusty Blazenhoff

twitter Elon Musk's latest rant targets chess, claiming it's too simple and needs space lasers Ellsworth Toohey

Science The latest right-wing conspiracy theory is that the heatwave isn't real Rob Beschizza

education Thousands bought bogus diplomas and fake transcripts from Florida nursing school owners and employees David Pescovitz

climate change Take a look at fake rain in Dubai created by cloud-seeding technology Carla Sinclair

tabloids China's secret war on America, a Fox News sex scandal, and a space-time wormhole in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle

flatulence Scientists build a database of animal farts Clive Thompson

media Oft-cited student loan expert turns out to be fake persona affiliated with lenders Rob Beschizza

security New Consumers Union report catalogs the potential collateral damage from the crypto wars Cory Doctorow

gorka Suspected Nazi enthusiast Sebastian Gorka's degree probably fake Jason Weisberger

media "Mainstream media is the Real Fake News!" says National Enquirer Peter Sheridan

Business Plagiarism detection app vs Russia's elites: 1-2 fake PhDs discovered every day Cory Doctorow

Technology With faked degrees, U.S. tech official ran law enforcement data systems for years. Then he resigned, got a new gov job. Xeni Jardin

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

olive oil Olive Oil lies Rob Beschizza

Science The limits of animal life on Tatooine Maggie Koerth