A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The ...

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Science fiction has long speculated about the possibility of first contact with an alien species from a distant world and how we might be able to communicate with them. But what if we simply don’t ...

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When we imagine contact with extraterrestrial intelligence, we tend to picture messages: radio signals, mathematical codes, or perhaps a universal language waiting to be discovered. But what if alien ...

With a knack for twist endings, M. Night Shyamalan's films tend to invoke discussion, both positively and negatively. While "Signs" is one of his better-received offerings, it's led to much discussion ...

That is where Anonymous Chicken keeps tripping up. A species that uses touch or echolocation as its primary sense and has manipulative appendages could potentially develop a technological civilization ...