One that caught attention from many was a type of sea mollusk that washed ashore on South Padre Island in late May.

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Pocock, a space scientist at University College London and a well-known BBC presenter, believes scientists will make a ...

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Pocock, a space scientist at University College London and BBC presenter, predicts alien life will be found by 2075 but ...

With the third Avatar film now in theaters, here are some other great sci-fi movies that give James Cameron and Co. a run for their money.

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For more than a century, popular culture has trained us to picture extraterrestrials as bug-eyed, bipedal “little green men” ...

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