New SETI protocols outline how scientists should verify, share, and respond to potential evidence of alien intelligence in ...

If and when SETI discovers alien life, a revised Declaration of Principles guarantees once the discovery has been verified, ...

The International Academy of Astronautics has just voted to accept a major overhaul of the scientific code of conduct for ...

The desolate, wind-swept desert of the Paracas Peninsula on the southern coast of Peru holds one of the most enduring mysteries of the ancient world. In 1928, the renowned Peruvian archaeologist Julio ...

A review of Disclosure Day, with Steven Spielberg returning to the world of "close encounters" and asking new questions.

Producers of this sci-fi masterpiece wanted action, and they ended up with an episode so controversial it was banned in ...

Spielberg was seen crouching next to a car kitted out as a Kansas City Police Department car. A KCPD spokesman told The Star ...

A UConn researcher believes RSV adapted during COVID-era restrictions, helping drive a wave that strained children's ...

After two more personal, retrospective feature films, the American filmmaker revisits his passion for extraterrestrials.

House Republican leaders have scheduled a vote on Tuesday to pass their party’s $70 billion bill to fund President Trump’s ...

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