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It’s been nearly five years since the Australian non-profit Rouser Lab unveiled its plan to build Earth’s Black Box, a flight recorder-like device designed to document humanity’s spiral into ...

Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi blockbuster is a non-stop thrill ride, but did it convince you that we are not alone?

Steven Spielberg is in his aliens exist era — but in truth, he’s been there since at least 1977. That’s when the director said NASA sent him a 20-page letter objecting to the release of Close ...

As Disclosure Day is playing in theaters, the movie and its ideas continue to be in discussion. One thing that people frequently wondered about the movie is Steven Spielberg's inspiration behind his ...