In August of 1835, the New York Sun published a series of articles claiming that a British astronomer had discovered life on the moon. Not microbial life, not the theoretical possibility of life, but ...

Health workers in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador thought they had d scored something rare: an extra day ...

Frauds, swindles, cons, scams, and deceptions — collectively known as hoaxes. But there's more than meets the eye. With Halloween just a month away, NPR's Word of the Week series delves into the ...

Fraud vs. Hoax: Viral post gets Clint Eastwood knock on Obama close . You’d think it was 2012 the way conservative bloggers are namechecking Barack Obama this election season. H ...

Survivors of abuse from Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell pushed back on President Donald Trump’s characterization of the ongoing Epstein files release as a “hoax,” which he doubled down on in ...