Ridley Scott's inimitable 1979 sci-fi thriller, Alien, expertly ratchets up the tension by not having the titular alien show up on screen until roughly an hour into the film. Following in Scott's ...

History reminds us that even hostility, when exercised between states, has traditionally been restrained by certain moral and strategic conventions. A worthy adversary confronts openly, declares ...

Beautifully shot by Nikolay Michaylov, the Toronto-based cinematographer cementing himself as every local indie director's go ...

Operation Unique, a British police investigation into Pitcairn Island between 2004-2007, led to seven men being convicted for ...

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TikTok is once again hit by a wave of unsettling videos claiming to offer glimpses of the future. Across the platform, multiple accounts presenting themselves as time travellers are posting short ...

Alien Isolation 2 made headlines when the sequel was first announced in October 2024. The announcement was part of the 10th anniversary celebration of the first Alien Isolation game, which was ...

The Monday letters page thinks Resident Evil Requiem is going to be a ‘good one’, as one reader tries to remember the ending ...

In July, researchers using the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System survey telescope in Chile made an exceedingly rare discovery: a mysterious object passing through the solar ...

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The thought experiment suggests that we need to avoid human biases in our ...

In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up lakebed for years, found ...

Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York University's Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, she previously worked at NBC News' TODAY Digital. She covers current events, ...