What fake news about spiders can teach us about the global spread of (mis)information

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It’s no secret that the internet and social media fuel rampant spread of (mis)information in many areas of life. Now, researchers have explored this phenomenon as it applies to news about spiders. The verdict? Don’t blindly trust anything you read online about these eight-legged arthropods — or anything else for that matter — and always consider the source.

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