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The best space horror movies are so likely to make you scream that whether anyone can hear you or not will be the last of your worries. Below you’ll find 10 of the best films ever to splice sci-fi ...

Much like its close genre cousin (nephew/niece?) the superhero film, the potential of sci-fi movies exploded in the latter part of the 20th century thanks to technological advances that transformed ...

The existence of alien life is a hotly debated question combining hard math, scientific evidence, complicated conspiracies, mankind’s humility, and a child-like wonder—and it’s gone unsolved for ...

A good science book won't just teach you some interesting facts: it will help you to look at the world around you in a different way. Whether it's an archaeology book that helps you to re-evaluate ...

Almost nobody holds to just one strange idea. By ‘strange’ here, I mean unconventional, unorthodox, contrary to conventional wisdom. (To attenuate some of the hostile judgment implied in those ...