Are there aliens broadcasting from Hycean world K2-18b? Astronomers just listened in

If you've been following exoplanet research over the last couple of years, you've definitely heard of K2-18b. Located 124 ...

Raunchy 80s Space Movie Is An R-Rated, Sci-Fi Exploitation Worth Streaming

An unhinged 80s sci fi horror riff on Alien cranks up the gore, sleaze, and creature chaos on a doomed deep space research ...
MIT Technology Review

Listen to Earth’s rumbling, secret soundtrack

A New England artist makes music from the imperceptible noises of nature—using tools that usually detect hidden nuclear ...

I tried and failed (and failed) to escape an invincible alien in Don’t Nod’s latest sci-fi game

Over the past decade, Don’t Nod has explored the soul-sucking worlds of 17th-century America, post-WWI London, dystopian Paris, and a high school in the Pacific Northwest. But for its next trick, the ...
Inverse

35 Years Ago, Star Trek Flipped The Script On Alien First Contact

What if we were the aliens? In a great 1991 episode of 'Star Trek: The Next Generation,' the notion of aliens among us was ...
Opinion

Michael Pollan says AI may 'think' — but it will never be conscious

"Consciousness is under siege," says author Michael Pollan. His new book, A World Appears, explores consciousness on both a personal and technological level.

Life is Strange developer Don't Nod adds a dash of Alien: Isolation anxiety to its usual cinematic formula, and I think it works

Life is Strange developer Don't Nod announced its next third-person cinematic adventure, Aphelion, during last year's Summer Game Fest with an Uncharted-like reveal set in space. And if the sci-fi ...