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A NASA‑linked study argues that alien probes could already be in our Solar System, but our surveys are still too crude to ...

Disclosure Day treats extraterrestrial life as a challenge to faith. It’s not.

Steven Spielberg says if a real "Disclosure Day" happened, it would "unite the human race." But what will become of Christianity if aliens exist?

What if consciousness isn’t limited to brains like ours? Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that ...

Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that consciousness is likely 'substrate flexible', challenging the belief that only flesh-and-blood Earth organisms can be truly aware.

Disclosure Day sets the record straight on the existence of alien life, with pristine direction and narrative substance. It’s ...

In the book version of “Project Hail Mary,” author Andy Weir, known for grounding his fiction in plausible science, describes ...

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is ...

Books like Children of Time and Flowers for Algernon do an incredible job holding the audience's interest throughout their ...