Does consciousness depend on flesh and blood? The answer is almost certainly no, according to Eric Schwitzgebel, a ...

At the mid-point of Alien: Earth 's first episode, the show's protagonist — an android uploaded with the consciousness of a dying child — shakily asks, "If I'm not human, what am I?" By the episode’s ...

Scientists blast the idea that consciousness is confined to human or animal brains in a provocative new paper published this ...

It is not the least of this world’s wonders that it’s been nearly half a century since Ellen Ripley, in the person of Sigourney Weaver, sent the Alien, in the person of a person in an Alien suit, ...

A lot of folks, human and otherwise, seem very interested in getting their hands on the newly crash-landed alien specimens. What could go wrong? By Sean T. Collins The “Alien” franchise explores two ...

We named him Squirt – not because he was the smallest of the 16 cuttlefish in the pool, but because anyone with the audacity to scoop him into a separate tank to study him was likely to get soaked.

Noah Hawley’s new expansion to the “Alien” franchise introduces a host of new characters and concepts — and some disgusting new monsters. By Sean T. Collins The year is 2120, and the planet is ...

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