Science What would it be like if we all wore accurate lie detectors around all the time? Rose Eveleth
drugs New documents released about the US government's secret LSD mind-control program Allan Rose Hill
tabloids China attacks America, and Democrats gun for Biden, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
stranger things Bizarre video shows a woman holding a growling lion as she walks down a street Carla Sinclair
tabloids Prince Andrew's Russian blackmail, Hunter Biden's $150B scandal, and the Lock Ness monster, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow
leaks Antipolygraph.org publishes secret guidelines for the federal "Test for Espionage and Sabotage," a psuedoscientific feature of government life Cory Doctorow
authoritarianism Cops and spooks all over the world rely on a junk-science "walking polygraph" method to steer their investigation Cory Doctorow
politics Papadopoulos allegedly told confidant in 2016 he was pursuing Russia deal that would help Trump: Report Xeni Jardin
happy mutants The Lie Behind the Lie Detector: how to beat the pseudoscientific polygraph Cory Doctorow
labor The Big Lie: how polygraph companies convinced the US government to use pseudoscience on job applicants Cory Doctorow
