12 years is a long wait to play the sequel to one of your favourite games of all time. During that decade-plus stretch, I’ve re-played the original Alien: Isolation multiple times, analysed its ...

Left to Right: Steven Yeun in "Nope," the alien in Steven Spielberg's "E.T." and Scarlett Johansson in "Under the Skin" (Universal Pictures / A24) It didn’t take long for stories about ...

Following the government's release of declassified UAP files, the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) updated its list of eight principles that were designed to guide our search for ...

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is ...

Bill Maher called out his audience as "f–king liars" for claiming they cared about former President Barack Obama's nearly $1 billion Presidential Center. Maher criticized the design idea and purpose ...

It's one thing to watch "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" in a theater. Watching it with Steven Spielberg? That's a master class. Viewing a scene with Richard Dreyfuss, the conditions of filming ...

If Palm Springs is the grande dame of California’s desert, Joshua Tree is her cooler and more rebellious little sister. Though the town of Joshua Tree itself is tiny, it’s surrounded by cities like ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

When ET phones, don’t pick up. Scientists have outlined a set of protocols for responding to extraterrestrial contact, including a bizarre directive to refrain from answering cosmic correspondence.

You need 5 Alien Batteries to repair the Command Ship in 99 Nights in the Forest, though only 4 are required to collect, ...