Why pop culture now flirts with extraterrestrials as much as it fears them. By June Thomas Every generation gets the extraterrestrial invasion its times demand. In 1938, conflicts simmering in Europe ...

Abstract.--Hyperreality occurs in a culture when that culture loses the distinction between image and thing, appearance and reality. By reifying the image, the hyperreal culture opens a new level in ...

The search for intelligent life in our galaxy is shifting from abstract speculation to detailed cartography, as researchers ...