Unlock your doors, take off the foil hats, and stop worrying about the White House—everything science fiction movies have taught you about alien invasions is wrong. Except, of course, if the only thing you know about aliens is E.T., then everything you know is right: Aliens aren't going to plop down on Earth and blow us into smithereens, sciencee says a Finnish economist swears.
Six former members of Congress will hold a faux hearing this week on whether the American government has covered up evidence of the existence of aliens. This could have been fantastic, because aliens are cool, and because science says the idea of life on other planets is not crazy. But it should have come from people who actually care about science.
A new study published is giving astrophysicists a case of existential anxiety.
Two alleged spottings on opposite coasts this week captured the attention of semi-local news sources and now people are actually talking about them.
It has been a little over a month since the White House launched an outreach program promising official responses to policy ideas submitted by everyday Americans. The result? A whole lot of arguing over space aliens, marijuana legalization, and Casey Anthony, followed by vague, bureaucratic answers.
Plus: the first rule of fireworks safety
But they'd just found 1,235 new planets!
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