In an age of rising conspiracy theories—voter fraud, QAnon, anti-vaxxers, chemtrails—Flat Earth might be the most foundational conspiracy theory of them all.

The flat Earth belief as a kind of conspiracy theory popped up again in the mid-1800s in England. The Flat Earth Society was founded in 1956. "It certainly is one of the oldest conspiracy theories ...

Donald Trump invited painter Vanessa Horabuena to the White House to personally deliver one of her signature portraits. In a ...

Off the Edge is not a book about conspiracy theories, exactly. It does get there, but really it is a book about the history of the Flat Earth movement as the sort of original conspiracy theory.

The flat Earth conspiracy ignores the problems with its own claims and tries to open a debate that's been settled for more than 2,000 years. Skip to content Introducing the all-new Astronomy.com ...

From the Flat Earth theory to the moon landing hoax, conspiracy theories have surged in recent years.. In fact, research in 2023 found that as many as one in three people in the UK think that at ...

A new book argues Flat Earth beliefs provide a guide to conspiratorial thinking. See full article ...

We review recent research on conspiracy theories and explain how conspiratorial thinking emerges from the interaction of individual and group processes. As a case study, we describe observations the ...

An April 22 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) purportedly shows a clip of podcast host Joe Rogan asking Elon Musk about the flat Earth conspiracy theory. "So I heard this crazy rumor that ...

Off the Edge is not a book about conspiracy theories, exactly. It does get there, but really it is a book about the history of the Flat Earth movement as the sort of original conspiracy theory. It is ...