The “Alien” movies vary widely in quality — there arguably hasn’t been a truly satisfying one since the first two in 1979 and 1986 — but a key thread has endured across the 46 years: However scary the ...

This story contains spoilers for "Alien: Romulus" and "Alien." Fans of the "Alien" franchise had a few concerns about the appearance of a beloved actor brought back to life by artificial intelligence.

While alien hunting is often associated with tinfoil hats and flying saucers, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence ...

(Spoiler alert: If you haven't seen "Alien: Romulus" — or, for that matter, the original 1979 "Alien" — consider holding off on this one.) A familiar face appears unexpectedly a third of the way into ...

Artificial intelligence occupies the minds of many these days, including the showrunner, Noah Hawley, of a new FX series based on the long-lurking “Alien” franchise, “Alien: Earth.” Mr. Hawley informs ...

A provocative theory circulating among artificial intelligence researchers suggests that once machines achieve human-level intelligence and beyond, they might create something entirely unexpected: a ...

No one knows exactly what to expect if we encountered other forms of alien life. Would they talk like us? Look like us? Or ...

Humans curious about whether we are alone in the universe may be searching for the wrong thing, according to some experts who believe the search for alien life should focus on alien artificial ...

From smartphones to modems to air traffic radar, you'll be hard pressed to find communications infrastructure that doesn't use wireless chips. So far, those chips have been designed by humans — but ...

We've been here before. Each of us with a higher education career has lived through at least one, and possibly several periods when educators had to sort out how to move forward during the onset of ...