The combustible sedimentary rock, better known as coal, was not only crucial to the onset of advanced technology here on Earth, but it should also be key to the development of advanced E.T.s residing ...

Science fiction often shows aliens with human features like eyes, limbs, and faces. But science has a reason for questioning this idea. Through convergent evolution, similar environments and physical ...

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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The former head of the RAF has warned that increased defence spending in the UK is being “eaten up by the Ministry of Defence (MoD)’s overdraft” with the UK’s military footprint shrinking at a ...

UnitedHealth Group’s pharmacy mailed Medicare recipient Bill Zielinski so many refills of the cholesterol drug atorvastatin that his unused stash could last a year on the pill-a-day regimen his doctor ...

Move over Xenomorph — these are the most mind-bendingly terrifying aliens in fiction. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking ...

McDonald’s Corp. plans to create a spinoff restaurant brand called CosMc’s sometime in 2024, with a perhaps-familiar alien starring as its mascot. CosMc is a retro McDonald’s MCD character that ...

Bugonia, the latest film from the Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, begins with shots of bees. As they gently buzz about in a field of wildflowers, a voice-over intones the glory of the insects’ lives.

The first time Fontella “Faun” Day believes she saw life from another planet, it came from above. It was a cloudy afternoon in Rachel, Nevada, and the phones and computers at the Alien Cowpoke gas ...

When we meet over Zoom in late September, the artist Manuela Solano greets me in her club outfit: white leather jacket with fringe, white crop top, white hot pants, and a custom white leather harness ...

ET phone home — but not to the United States! A Republican senator presented a bizarre plea on the US Senate floor last week, warning against fictitious dangers presented by radioactive shrimp, ...