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.

Examination of the 2026 Assembly elections in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal. Analysis of the ideological divide between Left-of-centre parties and the Right-wing BJP ...

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

Maria Giménez Cavallo and Jo Ann Cavallo explore the themes of language, conflict, and paths to peace in Denis Villeneuve’s ...

UC Santa Cruz student Skyla Tomine is terrified by the language she hears in the news, including the term “enemy alien.” It sounds chillingly familiar to Executive Order 9066, which forced her ...

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 ...

Modern-day LLMs are "fiction machines," designed not to be truthful but to make sense. What can we expect from these machines, and what are their limitations?

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, ...

“Arrival” pulls from the human instinct to search for deeper meaning in language and science, building a story of love and loss through the lens of a manipulated perception of time. Based on Ted ...

He isn't from here, but Sunny has decided to tour our planet. Did we mention that Sunny is a pink alien? This modern-day "Where's Waldo" has been spotted in Rio, Greece... even Coachella. Alan Shope ...

The U.S. Coast Guard abruptly deleted language from its new workplace harassment policy on Dec. 18 that had described swastikas and nooses as “potentially divisive,” the Washington Post reported. In a ...