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A Growing Body of Humans Think They’re ‘Starseeds’: Aliens Living on Earth
They’re not. Uwe Krejci//Getty Images There are a lot of humans on this planet who believe they’re “starseeds,” or aliens from another one, according to a new report in The Conversation. Spoiler: They’re not. Still, that hasn’t stopped the trend from rapidly catching on. The Conversation reports that the hashtag #starseed is growing in popularity on the internet,…
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Most of Us Believe in at Least One Conspiracy Theory, Scientists Say
A new meta analysis of 170 studies identifies qualities of people who believe conspiracy theories. Here’s what it found. Getty Images Most people believe at least one conspiracy theory, according to a new paper in the journal Psychological Bulletin that combines years of studies and papers on conspiracy theory thinking into one big meta analysis. The…
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A Secret Soviet Plan to Nuke America From the South Pole Was Working. Until UFO Hunters Looked Up.
When a mysterious crescent appeared over Moscow in 1967, alien enthusiasts were unaware they were actually tracking a 3-megaton weapon designed to bypass American radar. During the late 1960s, a top-secret Soviet program to sneak nuclear weapons around U.S. early warning radars was mistaken for a rash of UFO sightings by Moscow’s citizens. The…
