The only AI glossary you’ll need this year

The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most ...

'I would baptise an alien': How the Vatican has publicly grappled with extraterrestrial life

When Religion News Service revisited the alien question in June 2026, it found that the Vatican and other religious ...

We Could Seed Alien Life Elsewhere in the Universe—But We’ll Never Undo the Devastating Consequences

Could humans spread Earth life beyond our planet? Astrobiologists explain where extremophiles might survive and why the risks ...

We Could Seed Alien Life Elsewhere in the Universe—But We’ll Never Undo the Devastating Consequences, Scientists Caution

Thus far, our search for extraterrestrial life points toward Clarke’s former point, suggesting that our little blue dot is ...
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The best movies of 2026 so far, from ‘Project Hail Mary’ to ‘Rose of Nevada’

It's been a curiously seesawing first six months. The movies have been dominated as much by 26-year-old ...

The 5 Types of Aliens People Most Frequently Say They See

From the Greys to the Nordics, these aliens appear frequently across abduction stories and science fiction tales.

Why Do the Minions Sound Like That? How Random Menu Items, Rosamund Pike and Six Semitones Helped Create the Minionese Language

Director Pierre Coffin voices all the Minions, having developed their voice and gibberish language with the help of 6 ...
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Minions don’t speak gibberish after all, here’s the real language behind their words

The Minions have been speaking their own funny language for years, but it turns out those words are not as random as many fans believed. The little yellow characters first appeared in Despicable Me in ...

This mysterious radio signal has puzzled astronomers for nearly 50 years

The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...
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Did Iran Come Out on Top in the Peace Deal?

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The Battle Over A.I. in the Classroom

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