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Tech

Study Featuring AI-Generated Giant Rat Penis Retracted, Journal Apologizes

02.16.24

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

Study That Said Smokers Get COVID Less Often Retracted for Big Tobacco Ties

04.23.21

By Sarah Wells
Tech

Researchers Retract Study That Said Fake News Is Just as Likely to Go Viral as the Truth

01.10.19

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

Two Researchers Challenged a Scientific Study About Violent Video Games—and Took a Hit for Being Right

07.25.18

By Alison McCook, Retraction Watch
Tech

Study Claiming Video Games Make Players Better Real-Life Shooters Gets Shot Down

01.22.17

By Leif Johnson
Tech

This Guy’s ‘Scientific’ Articles on Chemtrails Keep Getting Retracted

07.19.16

By Jordan Pearson
Streetfest 2012: A Retraction

05.16.12

By VICE Apologies and Retractions Dept
Penis Panic!!!

02.01.08

By Derek Smith

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Life

Study Uncovers Promising Treatments for Tourette Syndrome

“These behavioral therapies are really straightforward approaches that patients of all ages can benefit from,” said a co-author of the study.

11.21.24

By Sammi Caramela
Photo: Francesco Prandoni/Getty Images

Devin Townsend Announces 2025 Tour With Tesseract

Devin Townsend will be touring North America next year in support of his new album, PowerNerd.

11.21.24

By Stephen Andrew Galiher
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Music

Why Snoop Dogg ‘Chose No Sides’ in the Kendrick Lamar-Drake Beef

Snoop chose not to get involved in the Kendrick Lamar-Drake, beef but does believe that Kendrick’s song “Not Like Us” united “the West.”

11.21.24

By Stephen Andrew Galiher
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Life

‘AI Jesus’ Is Now Taking Confessions at a Church in Switzerland

AI Jesus has logged on.

11.21.24

By Paige Gawley
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Music

Jay-Z’s Team Roc Sues Kansas Police for Corruption and Abuse Records

Team ROC, a social justice organization run by Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, filed a lawsuit against Kansas City police over alleged corruption and abuse.

11.21.24