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Eight years ago, the Ecosystem Restoration Communities (ERC) movement began with a simple but powerful belief: that everyday people everywhere could restore the land beneath their feet and, in doing ...

Nuclear fusion combines light hydrogen atoms to release energy, similar to the sun's processes. Fusion reactors are ...

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Seattle's offense was mostly powered by running back Kenneth Walker III, who had more than 150 yards from scrimmage, and ...

We spent hours picking the brains of those who were directly involved with the creation of Fallout, as well as those who have ushered the series into its current era. This is the oral history of ...

Here are some titles that you may never have played, or that you might have completely forgotten about until your memory was ...

Fallout season 2 has come to a close, and here are all the video game Easter eggs we spotted ...

One possible answer to the Fermi Paradox suggests advanced civilizations actively prevent young species from contacting others. This video explains the “alien police” idea and why some scientists find ...

Part of what makes some classics worthy of such a title is the ingenuity and borderline movie magic they employ to tell their story. In the case of "Alien," for example, director Ridley Scott used ...

There’s no denying the allure of alien artifacts. Science fiction is awash in the material remnants of extraterrestrial civilizations, which surface in everything from the classic books of Arthur C.

It's a big universe out there, and while we're all for exploring it, a specific subgenre of science fiction movies has hinted that it might be a bad idea. Alien invasion movies have come in droves ...