From our jokes and slang to the White House’s policy messaging, internet “brain rot” has escaped our phones to take over … ...

Absolutely not. This is obviously a trick question. It’s the equivalent of “Do you just love me for my looks?” There is no completely right answer. One thing I do know is that I have made an ...

Solar winds and coronal mass ejections may scatter narrow signals, making them harder for Earth-based telescopes to detect. The SETI Institute uses radio telescopes to search for signs of intelligent ...

Erich von Däniken proposed that monumental structures such as the pyramids could have been built with help from aliens. Stefan Baumann Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In an appearance at the SXSW Film & TV Festival, Steven Spielberg revealed his own feelings about intelligent life ...

As expected, Conan O'Brien showed up slinging one joke after another at the 2026 Oscars. The returning host made quite the entrance. He kicked off the 98th Academy Awards March 15 with a bit in which ...

The U.S. government registered the domain name “Aliens.gov” a month after President Donald Trump promised to release all federal files on UFOs and supposed extraterrestrial sightings. The new ...

A series of White House social-media videos turn the carnage in Iran into gleeful entertainment. By James Poniewozik James Poniewozik is the chief television critic of The New York Times. He has ...