Alien ‘encounters’ put this strange-looking monument on the tourist map

The 1977 film “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” caused a big spike in tourism to Devils Tower, the mysterious landmark ...
The Stranger

Memory: The Origins of Alien Is a Stomach-Churning Look at the Making of a Classic

A sketch from Memory: The Origins of Alien, which is currently screening at Grand Illusion Credit: Sundance Institute ...
Kaleido Scope

Alien hand syndrome: When a hand has a mind of its own

AHS is often caused by brain injury or neurodegenerative illnesses, but there is not enough research to determine any consistent cause or why it occurs. “Alien hand is little investigated because it ...
War on the Rocks

Alien Oracles: Military Decision-Making with Unexplainable AI

Would you stake thousands of lives on a strategy that, by every measure of your training and experience, seems destined for catastrophic failure? In 1863, with the Vicksburg campaign stalled, Maj. Gen ...