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Symbols that can’t be understood have always captivated human imagination, especially when they tell a story. Some games lean into this captivation by asking players to decipher alien imagination, ...

What would you do if you discovered that aliens were real, and a lot closer than you’d imagined? Would you be awestruck or terrified? That’s the premise of Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day, and in ...

Steven Spielberg is synonymous with science fiction, and he’s especially associated with sci-fi stories that feature aliens, but it’s actually been 20 years since the director of E.T. and Close ...

As we call time on the first quarter of the 21st century, I thought it might be a good opportunity to look back at some of ...

A new study on sperm whale communication reveals that these animals produce sounds like human vowels. The research, published in the journal Open Mind, was part of Project CETI (Cetacean Translation ...

Readers Edition. This is the (nearly) annual tradition of you, RPS readers, telling us where we went wrong in our annual ...

Our critics choose some of the most exciting cultural highlights of the coming year, from Tracey Emin’s show at Tate Modern ...

Leaked slides from University of Illinois education course show left-wing bias on immigration topics, sparking debate over classroom content.

If you’ve ever noticed the rising costs and falling standards that seem to be endemic in industries like healthcare, housing, ...