A federal appeals court has rejected an effort to defend the Texas Dream Act, leaving a ruling in place that ends a state law allowing some undocumented students to pay in-state tuition. The 5th ...

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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is calling on the government to just "show the alien," arguing that after years of whistleblower hearings and Pentagon file dumps, the American public is ready to ...

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When I look at the night sky, I don’t wonder whether alien life is somewhere out there; I think it probably is. Considering the sheer number of stars in the cosmos, and the possibly larger number of ...