The dangers of a post-truth world Michael Gross  Current Biology  Volume 27, Issue 1, Pages R1-R4 (January 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.12.034 Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions

Sudden impact: Press reactions to the result of the US presidential election. The German news magazine Der Spiegel adopted a translation of the REM lyrics: “the end of the world as we know it.” (Images with permission from Daily Mirror and © 46/2016 DER SPIEGEL. http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel.) Current Biology 2017 27, R1-R4DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2016.12.034) Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions

News feed: The amplification of clickbait and fake news stories through Facebook’s algorithms has been recognised as a problem in the US presidential election. (Image courtesy of Ashley George.) Current Biology 2017 27, R1-R4DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2016.12.034) Copyright © 2017 Terms and Conditions