/macdonald/taxonomy/term/612/all en /macdonald/channels/news/spiders-caught-web-internet-lies-341568 <p>It’s no secret that the internet and social media fuel rampant spread of misinformation in many areas of life. A collective of researchers, including <a href="http://www.lymanlab.ca/our-team.html">Catherine Scott</a>, Postdoctoral Fellow in ±«ÓăÖ±˛Ąâ€™s Lyman Lab, 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.</p> Thu, 08 Sep 2022 17:40:19 +0000 valerie.mcleod@mcgill.ca 976310 at /macdonald