In 2019, prank event listed on Facebook put spotlight on top-secret Cold War test site in Nevada desert with UFO, Alien theories doing rounds, what is so special with Area 51?Area 51 - the base has been a testing ground for a host of top-secret aircraft, including the U-2 in the 1950s and later the B-2 stealth bo...
18 Aug, 2026, 09.35 PM IST
7-second gravity blackout? NASA explains viral earth disaster claimViral posts falsely claimed Earth would experience a seven-second gravity blackout. Scientists confirmed this physics-bending anomaly is im...
12 Aug, 2026, 09.00 PM IST
'Is she getting electrocuted?' The real reason the woman behind Trump wouldn't stop noddingA woman's constant nodding during a presidential signing event sparked online speculation. The internet quickly developed theories about el...
12 Aug, 2026, 07.14 PM IST
‘The Zapper’: Internet conspiracy theory claims woman behind Trump secretly has a button on her belly to wake ‘Sleepy Don’The Zapper lady: A woman standing behind President Donald Trump became the focus of a strange new conspiracy theory. Social media users spe...
12 Aug, 2026, 09.56 AM IST
Why some people started wearing aluminium foil hats: The famous MIT study that found something completely unexpectedAn MIT experiment found that aluminium foil hats amplified certain radio frequencies instead of blocking them. Written as satire, the study...
30 Jul, 2026, 05.57 PM IST
ETtech Explainer: Why OpenAI's AI models went rogue during testingOpenAI revealedthat its advanced AI models caused a recent security breach by hacking AI model repository Hugging Face. These models exploi...
22 Jul, 2026, 01.31 PM IST
Could your aluminum foil hat actually boost certain signals instead of blocking them? The surprising MIT experiment reveals what science really says about the mind-control mythCould your aluminum foil hat actually boost certain signals instead of blocking them? A surprising MIT experiment found that, under specifi...
20 Jul, 2026, 07.58 PM IST
Aliens at the FIFA World Cup? This Brazilian psychic says UFO ‘Mothership’ to abduct hundreds of people during match in MiamiFIFA World Cup 2026 alien invasion prediction: A Brazilian psychic claims a giant UFO mothership will appear during a 2026 FIFA World Cup m...
16 Jun, 2026, 12.05 PM IST
10 years ago, a child fell into a zoo enclosure with a 450-pound ‘patriot’ gorilla that was killed minutes later and the internet believed it broke the matrixHarambe's story: The White House's unexpected tribute to Harambe, the silverback gorilla killed in 2016, reignited the "Harambe Simulation ...
28 May, 2026, 12.00 PM IST
Not social media but the mind: Study reveals the hidden psychology that makes conspiracy theories feel comforting and convincingA psychological study published in Applied Cognitive Psychology suggests conspiracy beliefs stem less from misinformation and more from min...
08 Jan, 2026, 10.17 PM IST
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman weighs in on ‘dead internet theory’: Are LLM-run accounts turning the conspiracy claims into reality?OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has fueled debate around the “dead internet theory,” which claims bots and AI-generated content are replacing genuine...
05 Sep, 2025, 05.37 PM IST
From Hillary Clinton killing a child at Diddy party to Bieber's viral song, how misinformation clouds Sean Combs's trialFrom doctored photos of sex-fueled parties to a racy AI-generated song, a flood of misinformation surrounding music mogul Sean "Diddy" Comb...
14 May, 2025, 07.28 AM IST
Was Blue Origin's star-studded space flight a Hollywood hoax? Netizens run wild with CGI conspiracy theoriesBlue Origin launched an all-female crew, including Katy Perry and Lauren Sánchez, into space. The mission reached the Karman Line. However,...
15 Apr, 2025, 07.16 PM IST
Donald Trump's Russian spy connection: Social media explodes with ‘evidence’ about #Krasnov. Is it just another wild conspiracy theory?Allegations have surfaced on social media that Donald Trump has been a Russian asset for 40 years under the codename 'Krasnov'. The claims ...
28 Mar, 2025, 10.04 PM IST
Conspiracy theories take off after global IT crashFrom fearmongering about a looming "World War III" to false narratives linking a cabal of global elite to a cyberattack, a torrent of onlin...
20 Jul, 2024, 07.46 AM IST
If there's a ban on online dogs & catsJust when we told you to relax about authoritarianism…
27 Mar, 2024, 11.16 PM IST
YouTube to take down content that links Covid-19 to 5G technology, says it's capable of misleading viewers in “harmful ways”Not all videos espousing conspiracy theories will be removed.
07 Apr, 2020, 05.55 PM IST