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Artificial intelligence takes liberties with The Lord of the Rings, transforming it into high sci-fi instead of fantasy. And it works way too well.

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Sea creatures have adapted to help them thrive in extreme environments. Unusual features allow them to live thousands of feet below the surface. Underwater robots give researchers a glimpse at some of ...

As movies that diagnose the modern condition go, you can't do much better than Yorgos Lanthimos' Bugonia. Lanthimos has always been cold and caustic, proffering oddball metaphors for the absurd state ...

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FX’s Alien: Earth closed out its first season with a finale that was as unsettling as it was interesting. Showrunner Noah Hawley has expanded the franchise beyond simple survival horror into something ...

When Ridley Scott first premiered “Alien” in 1979, a new era of practical effects and creature design was ushered into the cultural zeitgeist. Almost 50 years later, the world that Scott built ...

Spoilers follow for Alien: Earth through Episode 7. Travis? Taylor? Pfft. America has a new sweetheart, and her name is… Well, she has a couple of names, from Trypanorhyncha Ocellus, to T. Ocellus, to ...