I inherited a mess, and I’m fixing it,” was Trump’s theme, with a modest pitch for an optimistic outlook in 2026.

Stories flowed. Baking disasters, exes who weaponized candy canes, holidays that went wrong in unforgettable ways. For the ...

Kraus’s novels revolve around real estate and the thorny questions of who owns, who rents, and how it shapes their art.

If aliens are out there, why haven’t we heard from them? That’s the question at the center of Pop Mech’s new story, “Aliens Probably Exist—But They’re Staying Silent For a Reason, NASA Scientist ...

Is there an Outer SpaceX? With 3I/ATLAS set to fly by Earth in just over a week, experts continue to speculate over its origins. Harvard Scientist Avi Loeb believes that if aliens, the comet wouldn’t ...

While 2025 may have felt like a dumpsterfire, it’s clear that going to the movies remains one of the best ways to escape the madness. It’s emphatically not an outdated concept - it’s threatened but ...

A group of researchers say it's time for academia to get serious about studying UFOs. The movement, championed by the Society for UAP Studies, is wrapping up an international conference aimed at ...

The Dark Forest theory is one proposed solution to the famed Fermi Paradox, which has bewitched astronomers for more than half a century. To put it concisely, the paradox asks if the cosmos is nearly ...

This is what the Defector staff listened to and enjoyed this year. From the Pyre, by The Last Dinner Party In a year where ...