Executive producer Brad Rau tells io9 about that encounter between Maul and Devon—and one strange sound in particular.

In these science fiction books, extraterrestrial beings are sympathetic, horrifying and everything in between.

There's something deeply unsettling about discovering an object that simply has no business being where it is, or when it is.

From giant katla held aloft at roadshows to ilish, pabda and chingri finding pride of place in political speeches, fish has ...

Researchers decoded Teotihuacan symbols as an early Uto-Aztecan writing system, possibly linked to Nahuatl speakers and reshaping theories about the city’s people.

A professional soccer player seeking asylum in the US was deported to El Salvador under the Aliens Enemy Act. Immigration officials accused Jerce Reyes Barrios of gang membership—based on a tattoo and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - State and local offices across Washington are now under direction to remove "alien" from statutes. Instead, instances of that phrasing will be replaced with "noncitizen." The bill, ...

How would we recognize a message from an alien civilization if we cannot understand its language? By combining information theory, Zipf’s Law, and studies of human and dolphin communication, ...

Symbols and markings carved into tools and figurines by Stone Age humans over 40,000 years ago could be an ancient precursor to writing, according to a new analysis. The marks, found on 260 artifacts ...

Steven Spielberg may be one of genre filmmaking’s all-time greats, but in recent years, he’s focused on period pieces like Lincoln, The Fabelmans, and his lavish adaptation of West Side Story, with ...

How large is a large language model? Think about it this way. In the center of San Francisco there’s a hill called Twin Peaks from which you can view nearly the entire city. Picture all of it—every ...