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In the following six books, each writer looks to space to skillfully explore what it means to live on Earth. Salvation and ...

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Octopuses and squids carry the largest nervous systems of any invertebrate, and roughly two-thirds of an octopus’s neurons ...

With the release of Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s new film about aliens, a question as old as science fiction itself ...

The Alien franchise has become synonymous with the deadly Xenomorph, with the predatory alien race becoming utterly iconic in ...

Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that consciousness is likely 'substrate flexible', challenging the ...

Invertebrates make up the vast majority of animal life on Earth, yet many of them seem more alien than familiar. Unlike ...

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

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Steven Spielberg discusses his family's views on extraterrestrial life and explains how Disclosure Day continues his ...