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Steven Spielberg returns to one of his favorite subjects in "Disclosure Day," but there are lot of things in the sci-fi ...

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination ...

This Creature Looks Like a Snake But Scientists Say It's Something Most People Never Knew Existed ...

Half a century after "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," the director returns to the subject of UFOs with "Disclosure Day." ...

Roughly 100 million years ago, a creature known as the Nodosaurus roamed the forests of North America. Though it was the size ...

From a jellyfish that cheats death to a tiny indestructible animal that can survive the vacuum of space, Earth is home to some creatures so biologically bizarre they seem like they shouldn't belong he ...

A new SETI study suggests we may be overlooking alien signals not because they aren't there, but because their own stars are scrambling them before they escape into space. Turbulent plasma and ...

Scientists exploring one of Earth's least-understood ecosystems identified dozens of previously unknown species, including ...