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Erik Aadahl, the sound designer behind “Project Hail Mary” and 2014’s “Godzilla,” uses his background in biology to bring ...

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The sounds made by sperm whales are “one of the closest parallels” in the animal kingdom to the language of humans, a study ...

Executive producer Brad Rau tells io9 about that encounter between Maul and Devon—and one strange sound in particular.

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[Editor's note: This article contains spoilers for "Project Hail Mary."] One of the nice things about prose is the absolutely enormous narrative checks you don't ever have to cash. Andy Weir can write ...

One of the nice things about prose is the absolutely enormous narrative checks you don’t ever have to cash. Andy Weir can write that an alien scientist from the star 40 Eridani has a tonal language ...

Learn how analyzing “vowel-like” patterns in sperm whale clicks, uncovers one of the closest parallels to human language in ...

Bill Maher argued that a growing number of credible sightings by military personnel and intelligence officials suggests alien life may be observing Earth, saying skeptics are increasingly the ones ...