The latest inquiry into misinformation, known as the Climate Inquisition, should have been held in Salem, not Canberra.

A spate of brutal witch-hunts has plunged parts of Papua New Guinea's highlands into a state of terror, as fearful tribes blame dark forces for their rapidly changing world. In one particularly ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. The medieval phenomena ...

(The Conversation) — Between 1400 and 1780, an estimated 100,000 people, mostly women, were prosecuted for witchcraft in Europe. About half that number were executed – killings motivated by a ...

Women living in Indian villages are banding together with the help of “microcredit” business loans of about 750 rupees ($18) to help prevent modern-day witch hunts that can prove fatal to their ...