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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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Harvard professor Avi Loeb believes that aliens are not going to visit Earth in physical form, and would instead send a "technological device guided by AI". Their visit would not be fun either, and ...

Breaking news out of eastern Oklahoma! A hole in the sky has opened. Through it, an unidentified turtle-shaped craft has descended. Alerts say that this is first contact. So it goes in the sci-fi ...

Stacker dove into film and TV history to compile a list of fictional inventions and gadgets that have yet to come to fruition ...

Co-created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, Adult Swim’s sci-fi comedy series ‘Rick and Morty‘ takes a cleverly ...

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From post-apocalyptic nightmares to idealistic intergalactic peace-keeping missions, the shows on this list run the gamut in ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ever since H.G. Wells released "War of the Worlds" in 1898, popular culture has been fascinated by alien invasion stories. For over a century, ...