Astrology, tarot reading and other forms of pseudo-science became very popular in the post-Soviet society which seemed to have lost its moorings. I tried to explain to my students how astrology ...

From ancient aliens to UFO conspiracies, here's how to spot pseudoscience. Ancient aliens. Astrology. Flat-Earth and UFO conspiracies. These are examples of pseudoscience, a system of beliefs that ...

Pseudoscience, once confined to the fringes ... while ignoring or dismissing anything that contradicts it. For example, astrology presents itself as a science by using precise terminology ...

However, its heavy reliance on anecdote as evidence — statements like "Hey, it works for me" — lead many to conclude that astrology is actually a pseudoscience. There is also doubt ...

The practice is popular among young adults – especially younger women –  who are most likely to believe in astrology and to ...

Although technological advances "tend to weaken pseudoscience", said The Economist, in astrology's case they seem to have "expanded its reach". AI is "making access to prophecies even easier ...

While astrology has been regarded as a pseudoscience for well over two hundred years, many people around the world continue to seek comfort in their signs, carrying on a human tradition that spans ...

Despite being a pseudoscience, astrology and horoscopes remain popular, providing many people with insights into themselves, their relationships, and life choices based on interpretations of ...

So we think of astrology as kind of a pseudoscience today, I think. But in the medieval period, people were really thinking of astrology as part of astronomy. And so we can think of astronomy in ...

Developments in technology tend to weaken pseudoscience, but in astrology’s case they have expanded its reach. In the early 20th century astrology spread through horoscope columns in newspapers ...