Do you remember when they said that in space, no one could hear you scream? The tagline for the cult classic Alien movie has, in a way, become a tagline for the whole subgenre of science-fiction, at ...

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The Supreme Court upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting an executive order declaring children born ...

"Star Wars" has a seemingly never-ending supply of alien designs. However, these five are the worst of the bunch, falling flat in their respective films.

The best Steven Spielberg movies include Disclosure Day, ET, Indiana Jones, Jaws, Schindler's List, Jurassic Park, The ...

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Djena was barely ten years old when she flew alone from her home country of Guinea to Dallas, Texas, in January of 2000. On the plane, a flight attendant gave her cookies and a toy. After she landed, ...

The West Side elevated highway was a miracle: lanes snaking down the edge of Manhattan, a symbol of New Deal–era infrastructure investment in the United States’ biggest city. In 1973, it collapsed.

The science fiction genre is rife with complex and interesting worlds to explore, alien warlords to battle, and cybernetic threats to evade. There's nothing quite like the adventures that come in the ...

The film adaptation of Andy Weir’s novel Project Hail Mary hits general release today, March 20, and it’s great—go see it! Though a little light on the science, the movie goes hard on the relationship ...