These days, when we hear about "scientific hoaxes," we generally think of times when groundbreaking research has been discovered to be fraudulent, with false results cooked up for personal gain ...

Fairfax, Va. Did you know that a pirate roamed the Eastern Seaboard as late as the 1870s, and lived into the 20th century? Edward Owens haunted the lower reaches of the Chesapeake Bay after the ...

What happens when you teach students how to lie? Answer: they become better historians. More than a decade ago, back in the days of Web 0.5, a student of mine submitted a generally well-written ...

WASHINGTON — From France to Iceland to the United States, April Fools’ Day will be celebrated on Tuesday with practical jokes and elaborate hoaxes, so make sure to triple check viral posts and ...

The dream became a reality with Monsters and Mermaids: Unraveling Natural History’s Greatest Hoaxes, an exhibition that is on view through February 11, 2024, at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich ...

Universities, research scholars, historians and analysts all review historical documents— examining events in the past, looking for context to better understand the past's impact on modern ...