There’s no data to suggest that aliens exist. However, if we believed they existed and came to Earth, our planet would offer ...

In 2016, during the first Trump campaign, I wrote an article asking whether American democracy could survive the reduction of politics to entertainment. At the time, the question seemed exaggerated to ...

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

A lot of money and engineering time has been invested in transporting humans to the red planet, including more than $15 billion on Starship development. Musk envisions a flotilla of several thousand ...

Elon Musk, the first private individual worth more than a thousand billion dollars (one trillion), launched SpaceX stock on ...

Steven Spielberg and aliens go back a long time – they're the cinematic equivalent of peanut butter and jelly. And the history of that successful pairing has led to his new sci-fi thriller "Disclosure ...

12 years is a long wait to play the sequel to one of your favourite games of all time. During that decade-plus stretch, I’ve re-played the original Alien: Isolation multiple times, analysed its ...

Polygon Summer Game Fest 2026 Live game reveals, world premiere trailers, and what’s next from 40+ developers, publishers, and hardware makers. Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 is a co-op shooter where you ...

Steven Spielberg says he "would not be the right person" to serve as an ambassador for humanity when we meet aliens. The filmmaker says that he "would really look forward to" a real-life Disclosure ...

Are humans alone in the universe? The answer is more complicated than science fiction might suggest. Scientists have discovered billions upon billions of potentially habitable planets. But if life is ...