Imagine being in bed, sound asleep, when your country's emergency alert system suddenly goes off on your phone. Scary stuff.

A new quantum device can generate precisely controlled bursts of sound-like particles, or phonons, by forcing electrons through an ultra-thin crystal at extremely low temperatures. The surprising ...

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 ...

It catches very low frequency radio waves made by lightning, solar storms and charged particles moving through Earth’s ...

Polygon Summer Game Fest 2026 Live game reveals, world premiere trailers, and what’s next from 40+ developers, publishers, and hardware makers. Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 is a co-op shooter where you ...

LB Beistad is a writer and musician based in Nashville, TN. Her love of gaming began with her cousin introducing her to Banjo Kazooie and Jak and Daxter when she was five years old. It was love at ...

"The View" guest cohost Sheryl Underwood inquired about why aliens — which Goldberg insists exist — are fond of "probing in the booty." Joey Nolfi is a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly. Since ...

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 ...

Are humans alone in the universe? The answer is more complicated than science fiction might suggest. Scientists have discovered billions upon billions of potentially habitable planets. But if life is ...

Humanity loves imagining first contact as the big emotional moment: the ship lands, the music swells, and everyone feels very mature about tentacles. But this video makes the more irritating point ...