From effective rain-enhancing technology to a long, secretive history of trying to weaponize storms, there’s fertile ground for misinformation.

This story is part of MIT Technology Review’s series “The New Conspiracy Age,” on how the present boom in conspiracy theories is reshaping science and technology. Check out the rest of the series here ...

Georgia U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican who often traffics in conspiracy theories, appears to have lost her mind, according to people on the internet, who point to her bizarre assertion ...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, widely known for intelligent statements based upon her years of experience and study of the mysterious ways of the universe, has just asserted that our government does ...

Several conspiracies allude to government weather control in the United States. This list includes cloud seeding, “chem” trails, high-frequency active auroral research in Alaska (HAARP), and now ...

A report from the Government Accountability Office examined cloud seeding, finding little proof this technique can make it rain, though it may have limited benefits in increasing rainfall, according ...

In the wake of Hurricane Helene, false rumors about the federal response have spread rapidly on social media. More extreme conspiracy theories have also taken root, including claims that politicians ...

Like it or not, the weather dominates all of our lives in ways subtle and not subtle. In a sense, all of human history could be looked at as our attempts to adapt to, gain control of, and escape from ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis dismissed the idea that burning fossil fuels affects the frequency or intensity of hurricanes Thursday, after Hurricane Milton racked the state, when a reporter asked him about a ...

Underwater 'tree' structures have long been used to grownstaghorn coral to replant on reefs hammered by disease and warming oceans. Amid the swirling rumors about the U.S. government controlling the ...