Yo, dudes from outer space: Please don’t hurt the dogs. They will do you no harm. You’ll like them. And they’ll like you. and with dogs. But please save the dogs. They will return the favor 100 times ...

The unsettling logic behind a “last message” universe The idea that our first confirmed alien signal might be a civilization’s final broadcast is rooted less in pessimism than in probability. If ...

If intelligent aliens are out there, why aren’t we hearing from them? Are they silently observing us like zoo animals, or staying quiet out of fear that they’d catch the attention of a bloodthirsty ...