Aliens
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Area 51: what is inside the secret military base?
Speed Read Conspiracists and party-goers on rural Nevada for ‘Storm Area 51’ event
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Are radio bursts from deep space signs of alien life?
Speed Read Repeating bursts of radio waves detected for second time in history
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What happened to conspiracy theorist Max Spiers?
Speed Read British man died in Poland after telling mother his life was in danger
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The War of the Worlds: what to expect from new BBC drama
In Depth Edwardian-era retelling of HG Wells’s classic 1898 novel stars Eleanor Tomlinson, Rafe Spall and Robert Carlyle
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British spies spent 50 years trying to catch UFO, secret dossier reveals
Speed Read Government hoped to harvest alien technology in order to develop superweapons
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Experts working on ‘universal language’ to help humans speak to aliens
Speed Read Linguists including Noam Chomsky say earthlings and extraterrestrials may share similar kind of grammar
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The Pentagon's secret UFO programme
In Depth Multi-million dollar programme to investigate flying objects may have had a more practical purpose
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Winston Churchill's views on aliens revealed in lost essay
Speed Read World War II prime minister predicted space travel and was open to the idea that extra-terrestrials existed
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'Alien-looking shrimp' hatch in Australian desert
Speed Read Heavy rains cause mass-hatching of shield shrimp that lay dormant under soil for years - and other tall tales
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Arrival: Is this one of the best films of 2016?
The Week Recommends Critics praise Amy Adams's 'stellar' performance in a 'grown-up sci-fi drama' about alien contact
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UFO files: CIA unveils reports of flying saucers in Sheffield
In Depth US intelligence agency has rounded up some cases that Mulder and Scully might enjoy
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Have astronomers identified 'sweet spot' for alien life?
Speed Read Experts suggest star clumps could harbour networks of civilisations
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Nasa discovery boosts hopes of life on Mars
Speed Read US space agency to send astronauts 'in near future' after evidence of flowing water found on red planet
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Human-like aliens 'almost certainly' exist, says evolutionary biologist
Speed Read Simon Conway Morris argues that human-like species could easily evolve on any other Earth-like planet
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