'I Would Baptise an Alien': How the Vatican Has Publicly Grappled With Extraterrestrial Life

For centuries, religious traditions like Catholicism have viewed extraterrestrial life as a valid theological topic rather than a contradiction, openly discussing the concept for generations.
Science Daily

Scientists create quantum sound device that could transform communications

A new quantum device can generate precisely controlled bursts of sound-like particles, or phonons, by forcing electrons through an ultra-thin crystal at extremely low temperatures. The surprising ...

Why Do the Minions Sound Like That? How Random Menu Items, Rosamund Pike and Six Semitones Helped Create the Minionese Language

Director Pierre Coffin voices all the Minions, having developed their voice and gibberish language with the help of 6 ...
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‘The Social Reckoning’: Jesse Eisenberg Told Aaron Sorkin He Was “Moving In Different Directions” When Turning Down Mark Zuckerberg Role

We're now hearing from Jesse Eisenberg about why he ultimately turned down reprising Mark Zuckerberg in 'The Social Reckoning ...
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Emily Blunt refused Steven Spielberg's offer to use AI for her alien voice in 'Disclosure Day'

Emily Blunt took a very human approach to creating the alien language in Steven Spielberg's new film "Disclosure Day." During her press tour for the film, Blunt said she refused Spielberg's offer to ...
Phys.org

Aliens might exist, but there are three reasons why they're not visiting us

The United States government's recent release of hundreds of previously classified unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) cases spanning the 1940s to the present, along with the new Steven Spielberg ...
Smithsonian Magazine

What’s Behind Steven Spielberg’s Lifelong Obsession With Flying Saucers and Extraterrestrial Visitors?

Half a century after "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," the director returns to the subject of UFOs with "Disclosure Day." His science fiction films are informed by his fascination with alien encou ...
Rolling Stone

Emily Blunt and Colman Domingo Do Funny Alien Voices for Rolling Stone’s ‘Popcorn Questions’

Elsewhere, the actors do E.T.-style alien voices, and Domingo pretends to be an alien speaking like Barry White. Blunt confesses she felt starstruck being in the presence of Bruce Springsteen, and she ...
IGN

Hands-On With Alien: Isolation 2 – Survival Horror’s Greatest Stalker Is Back for More

12 years is a long wait to play the sequel to one of your favourite games of all time. During that decade-plus stretch, I’ve re-played the original Alien: Isolation multiple times, analysed its ...
Game Rant

Alien: Isolation 2 is Following in the Footsteps of the More Open Outlast Games

LB Beistad is a writer and musician based in Nashville, TN. Her love of gaming began with her cousin introducing her to Banjo Kazooie and Jak and Daxter when she was five years old. It was love at ...
The Conversation

Alien first contact: how the new rules differ from science fiction

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is ...