Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has floated the provocative idea that humans might themselves be alien‑made 'autonomous probes,' built through advanced synthetic biology rather than evolving entirely ...

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Re: “ This White House ‘aliens’ stunt is monstrous ” (Page A7, June 11).

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