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One of the consultants on Close Encounters was Dr. J. Allen Hynek, the head of an Air Force investigation called Project Blue ...

As models like Gemini and Claude evolve, their simulated personalities can drift in strange directions—raising deeper questions about how AI systems think and decide.

Autobots, roll out – out of the way, that is, because War Machine is proving how to do human vs intergalactic machine ...

A new psychedelic retreat calling itself a “SETI for the mind” aims to establish two-way communication with the nonhuman entities people encounter while tripping on DMT.

Shaped by a different biology or culture, other intelligent civilisations – if they’re out there – might understand the ...

For decades, scientists have puzzled over a simple question: why do human women have permanently enlarged breasts, even long before pregnancy or breastfeeding? A new study suggests the answer may have ...

Trump has repeatedly addressed the subject of aliens and UFOs over the years. He has said he received briefings as president on reported UFO sightings by U.S. pilots, acknowledged meeting with ...

Perplexity is abandoning advertising, for now at least. The company believes sponsored placements — even labeled ones — risk undermining the trust on which its AI answer engine depends. Why we care.

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A model of a new vaccine targeting a family of coronaviruses that includes the virus that causes COVID-19. The image highlights pieces of several different viruses attached to a computer-designed ...