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Secure elections begin with accurate voter rolls. Creating these voter rolls requires public servants dedicated to election ...

A new exoplanet model screens rocky worlds by their ability to retain atmospheres over geologic timescales, helping narrow ...

Former model Hoyt Richards and fellow ex-members of Eternal Values share their stories in the new docuseries 'Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult' ...

HBO's new documentary, 'Bring Me the Beauties,' explores an '80s doomsday alien cult and the model who escaped it. Here's what you need to know about Hoyt Richards and his life after Eternal Values.

Chris Smith’s three-part HBO docuseries “Bring Me the Beauties,” premiering June 1, tells the chilling true story of the ...

The website, which compares human beings to extraterrestrials, touts arrest numbers from the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration crackdown. But some of its details are really out there.

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life.

When Neil deGrasse Tyson was 9 years old, he visited the Hayden Planetarium for the first time. Growing up gazing into light pollution in the Bronx, he had no idea there were that many stars. “I was ...

On Feb. 19, 2026, President Donald Trump directed federal agencies to begin identifying and releasing government files related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP)—the official term now used for ...

Plus: AI fakes of the Iran war are flooding X—and Grok is failing to flag them. This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the ...

The book Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott explores the concept of physical dimensions through characters who encounter higher-dimensional beings. The protagonist, “A. Square,” ...