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Despite a few underdeveloped ideas, Planet of Lana 2 is a bigger, smarter, and even better-looking puzzle-platformer than the charming original.

This week, amid a flurry of UFO disclosure activity, The Cosmic Report rounds up President Trump's decision to make public alien documents, Obama’s quickfire “aliens are real” claims, as well as other ...

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A financial crisis could be triggered by an announcement that aliens exist, according to Helen McCaw, a former policy expert of the Bank of England. McCaw told The Times of London that politicians and ...

Science fiction stories — from books to TV to film — are very often about more than just explosions and weapons that go pew-pew-pew. But in the gaming world, finding a science fiction game that really ...