Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors to modern humans, researchers now see a tangled, branching tree with ...

Is the rest of the cosmos a pristine environment awaiting the arrival of humanity’s “post-human” descendants? Or is advanced ...

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 ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Whistleblower David Grusch said the U.S. government is aware of “several” kinds of extraterrestrial life, ranging in complexity. Lawmakers and UAP whistleblowers gathered at the U.S. Capitol Tuesday ...

(NewsNation) — A UFO whistleblower says there are multiple kinds of alien life and there are people in the U.S. government who know about it. Whistleblower David Grusch said the U.S. government is ...

It may seem like we are on the verge of discovering alien life. In 2025, a press release stated that we have the "strongest hints yet" of extraterrestrial life on the exoplanet K2-18b. And when ...

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 ...

Today marks exactly 25 years since Ivan Reitman’s Evolution opened in cinemas on June 8, 2001. What most audiences didn’t know then — and what makes the film genuinely fascinating — is that it nearly ...

NEW YORK – If you’ve ever loved a Steven Spielberg sci-fi movie, then you have his mom to thank for it. Throughout his nearly half-century career, the three-time Oscar winner has asked us to consider ...

It's one thing to watch "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" in a theater. Watching it with Steven Spielberg? That's a master class. Viewing a scene with Richard Dreyfuss, the conditions of filming ...