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fromMail Online
3 days ago

Scientist reveals how first contact will look like amid UFO disclosure

The universe likely teems with extraterrestrial life, and universal science and math would be key for first contact.
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fromInverse
2 months ago

'Project Hail Mary' Is Popcorn Sci-Fi At Its Most Crowdpleasing

Project Hail Mary adapts Andy Weir's hard science fiction novel into a visually spectacular blockbuster that balances complex scientific concepts with humor and emotional depth through Ryan Gosling's charismatic performance.
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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
5 months ago

Daniel H. Wilson on Finding a Native Take on Traditional Alien Invasion Stories

An alien landing on the Cherokee Nation reservation reframes invasion tropes by contrasting military, Native, and non-Native civilian responses to the unknown.
fromNature
5 months ago

A bothy among the stars

It took the last traces of Homo sapiens 10,000 desperate years to reach the semi-oxygenated rock orbiting Proxima Centauri. Widely known as a cosy bothy among the stars, it was a place where stellar ramblers in all their multitudes could pause and rest as they meandered the lightyears. They came in so many forms it took the humans a couple of decades to realize they weren't alone.
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fromInverse
10 months ago

10 Years Ago, A Challenging Sci-Fi Epic Totally Upended A Classic Star Trek Concept

One of the Earthmen is known as the noble Don Rumata, who lets his subjects and rivals believe he's descended from a local pagan god, but his higher learning and outsider status still makes him a target for persecution.
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