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A nutrition scientist applies metabolism, biology and food science to one of science fiction's oldest questions.

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Taro Horiuchi is finding his footing at the Japanese house while exploring the idea of what it means to be an outsider.

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A column by Winona LaDuke, an Ojibwe writer and economist on Minnesota’s White Earth Reservation. She also is co-curator of ...

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Science fiction stories about “alien” invaders are often political allegories for anxieties around immigration. Now, a government website depicts non-citizens as extraterrestrials.

Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi blockbuster is a non-stop thrill ride, but did it convince you that we are not alone?

If an alien intelligence were hiding somewhere on Earth, many scientists suspect it might look something like an octopus.