In last week’s The Universe column, I fielded a reader’s question about galaxy collisions in an expanding universe. The answer deals with vast distances, inscrutable forces and the ultimate fate of ...

We often assume mathematics is the one language every intelligent species must share. But while physical laws may be universal, the way minds describe and reason about those laws can vary dramatically ...

Professor of Mathematics and Data Analytics Dick Forrester is the co-chair of the Department of Data Analytics. He earned his Ph.D. from Clemson University in mathematical sciences and has written ...

Studying how honeybees process information may help humans communicate with aliens, according to a new thought experiment. Although the ancestors of honeybees and humans diverged in evolution more ...

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Nine movies in, assumptions start to pile up like a precarious Jenga tower that every ounce of originality’s been squeezed out of the lucrative “Alien” franchise Ridley Scott erected. Just burn that ...

The alien angle aside, if you've just finished yet another binge of The X-Files and were looking for a show about government agents that feels like something of a spiritual successor, then there is ...

First proposed in 2012, the Inter-universal Teichmüller Theory (IUT) is a devilishly difficult math theory that experts describe as an “alien language.” Although only a few mathematicians around the ...

Rhenn is a Manila-based content writer with a love for all things geek and pop culture, and science and technology. He has over 1,900 articles to his name, most of which exploring the many dimensions ...

While there are things you expect to see in just about any neighborhood in Minnesota such as grills, basketball hoops, creative landscaping, etc., sometimes you see something that stands out. One ...

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