memes The bizarre internet mystery of an Avril Lavigne song that doesn't exist Thom Dunn

bad ideas Michigan man calls in bomb threat to delay his flight to LA (the plan backfires) Carla Sinclair

photoshop Photos that fooled the world Rob Beschizza

AI Send the conspiracy theorists in your life to the Debunk Bot Jennifer Sandlin

photos How a 1937 hoax captured the imagination with giant grasshoppers Popkin

artificial intelligence AI-generated research papers are being published everywhere Natalie Dressed

tabloids Taylor Swift's prenup battle and King Charles' facelift, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

war The time the US military created a vampire hoax by killing a Filipino guerrilla and poking holes in his neck David Pescovitz

law Jussie Smollett guilty of disorderly conduct Rob Beschizza

mental illness Similaries between The Voynich Manuscript and outsider art by people with schizophrenia Rob Beschizza

rats A rat king is a hellish entanglement of rats that are bound together by their tails Popkin

tabloids Clinton murder conspiracy and Wuhan bats out of hell in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

marjorie taylor greene All the reasons why QAnon Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene is a toxic threat, and how easy it would be for Congress to expel her Mark Frauenfelder

COVID-19 Julia Marcus: Use the lessons from safer-sex policy to encourage safer pandemic behavior Clive Thompson

mistakes Popular queer Native American Twitter account turns out to be unpopular straight white woman Rob Beschizza

News Unhinged Trump coronavirus briefing: 'There will be death,' says 1,000 military personnel going to NY Xeni Jardin

Space Samsung satellite crashes in family's yard Cory Doctorow

art "A Message From the Future": short film about the "Green New Deal Decade," narrated by AOC, drawn by Molly Crabapple, presented by Naomi Klein Cory Doctorow