We examine the parallels between sci-fi concepts and current technological achievements. What innovations inspired by the classic show are on the horizon?

Australians are being urged to add their voices to the cosmic archive before submissions close on February 27, 2026.

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For nearly five decades, Steven Spielberg has helped define what alien stories mean to movie audiences. Sometimes they arrive as cosmic miracles. Sometimes as existential threats. Sometimes as ...

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 ...

Most people reach a point in their lives when they look around and realize that, on paper, everything seems fine—maybe even great—and yet something still feels off. The job is steady and the routine ...

Springfield is an iconic setting filled with wacky characters. However, the whole point of it is that it is meant to be a relatable small town. Matt Groening literally picked Springfield because of ...

A financial crisis could be triggered by an announcement that aliens exist, according to Helen McCaw, a former policy expert of the Bank of England. McCaw told The Times of London that politicians and ...

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 ...

Ridley Scott's inimitable 1979 sci-fi thriller, Alien, expertly ratchets up the tension by not having the titular alien show up on screen until roughly an hour into the film. Following in Scott's ...