With the release of Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s new film about aliens, a question as old as science fiction itself ...

Aliens have been one of the most enduring elements of science fiction. Sometimes they’re terrifying, sometimes they’re wise, and sometimes, they’re just as confused and neurotic as us with humans.

Science fiction has long speculated about the possibility of first contact with an alien species from a distant world and how we might be able to communicate with them. But what if we simply don’t ...

The White House turned a legal term into a science-fiction spectacle. The real story is not the theatrics. It is how language ...