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Aliens

Scene from "Lilo & Stitch" | Disney

Movies

Wait, Lilo & Stitch Is About Medicaid and Family Separation?

A strange sort of policy logic powers the new Disney remake.

Peter Suderman | 5.30.2025 1:59 PM

President Donald Trump at the White House | Hu Yousong / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom

Immigration

An Intelligence Memo Casts Further Doubt on Trump's Nonsensical Definition of 'Alien Enemies'

A declassified assessment contradicts the president's assertion that Tren de Aragua is "closely aligned with" the Venezuelan government and acts at its "direction."

Jacob Sullum | 5.6.2025 5:15 PM

President Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House | Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Newscom

Due Process

Trump Says Alleged Gang Members Don't Need Hearings Because the Government Is Infallible

The Supreme Court unanimously rejected that claim, upholding the right to due process in deportation cases.

Jacob Sullum | 4.16.2025 12:01 AM

President Donald Trump in the Oval Office | Bonnie Cash/Pool via CNP/Polaris/Newscom

Immigration

Trump's Reading of the Alien Enemies Act Defies the Usual Meaning of Its Terms

To justify the immediate deportation of suspected Venezuelan gang members, the president is invoking a rarely used statute that does not seem to apply in this context.

Jacob Sullum | 3.21.2025 6:00 PM

Free Speech

ACLU on Campus Free Speech

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 3.6.2025 5:18 PM

Guns

Lawsuit Challenging Hawaii's Ban on Gun Ownership by Micronesians Who Aren't U.S. Citizens but Who Are Allowed to Live in the U.S. Long-Term

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.29.2024 12:43 PM

Tom Hardy and Venom in ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ | Venom: The Last Dance / Sony Pictures

Movies

Venom: The Last Dance Is a Camp Buddy Comedy Disguised as a Comic Book Movie

The series ends with an oddly sweet romp about a mismatched couple on a zany road trip across the American West.

Peter Suderman | 10.25.2024 10:31 AM

the Xenomorph from "Alien" | 20th Century Studios

Science Fiction

Alien: Romulus Is a Slick, Empty Franchise Pastiche

The taut, grisly new entry plays like a greatest-hits reel.

Peter Suderman | 8.16.2024 10:18 AM

An orange and white crossword puzzle blank with the word Crossword in orange and the Reason logo | Lex Villena / Reason

Crossword

3 Body Problem: Puzzle #39

"Ships that sail together"

Stella Zawistowski | 4.26.2024 8:00 AM

3 Body Problem | Netflix / 3 Body Problem

Science Fiction

The 3 Body Problem's Chilling Social Media Parallel

From struggle sessions to cancel culture, the story depicts the terrors of surveillance authoritarianism.

Peter Suderman | 4.3.2024 12:29 PM

The cast of "The Marvels" | Disney/Marvel Studios

Movies

The Marvels Is the Tedious Culmination of a Lot of Superhero Homework

In the director's own words, this is "a sequel to five different things."

Peter Suderman | 11.10.2023 10:14 AM

UFO | Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@albrrt?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Albert Antony</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/HWQXIYbs8PM?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a>

UFO

'We're Going To Uncover the Cover Up': House Probes Government Handling of UFOs

Plus: Moralism is ruining cultural criticism, Biden administration mandates bigger plane bathrooms, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 7.27.2023 9:42 AM

The truth is out there? | Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@frostroomhead?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Rodion Kutsaiev</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/8P-uQaTd8rw?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a>

UFO

North America's UFO Weekend

Plus: States move to curtail internet anonymity, Amsterdam cracks down on cannabis, sex, and booze, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.13.2023 9:30 AM

featureUFO | Photo: World History Archive/Alamy

Space

The Military-UFO Complex

How a motley crew of saucer hunters got a place at the public trough

Mick West | 11.15.2022 8:00 AM

topicphoto-march-2021 | Patrickamackie2/Creative Commons

Photo

Little Green Men Caught in Red Tape

When a metal monolith was discovered in the desert, all federal officials could see was a zoning violation.

Christian Britschgi | 2.2.2021 6:00 AM

dreamstime_xxl_177112070 | ID 177112070 © Felipe Caparros Cruz | Dreamstime.com

Reason Roundup

What Is Dexamethasone? A Potentially Life-Saving Treatment for Seriously Ill COVID-19 Patients

Plus: The U.S. Supreme Court stops an execution at the last minute, a senator argues that you shouldn't get HBO GO for free, and more...

Eric Boehm | 6.17.2020 9:30 AM

vast-of-the-night-lg-use | Amazon Studios

Stanley Kubrick

The Vast of Night Is the First Must-Watch Movie of the Coronavirus Era

Amazon Prime Video's latest feature is a smartly made indie sci-fi film from an incredibly promising first-time director.

Peter Suderman | 5.29.2020 1:28 PM

reason-delonge | Everett Collection/Newscom

Aliens

Navy Confirms Authenticity of UFO Videos Published by Blink-182 Frontman's Extraterrestrial Research Organization

The videos show a U.S. military jet's encounter with what appears to be a fast-moving, unidentified object.

Christian Britschgi | 9.18.2019 4:24 PM

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Star Trek

We Are Most Likely Alone in the Universe

No pesky Romulans, Klingons, Ferengis or Vulcans to get in way of Terran colonization of the galaxy

Ronald Bailey | 6.22.2018 6:00 PM

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Extraterrestrials

Pentagon Investigates UFO Sightings and an Interstellar Visitor Zips Through Solar System

Survey finds 47 percent of people believe in the existence of intelligent alien civilizations in the universe.

Ronald Bailey | 12.19.2017 3:00 PM

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Extraterrestrials

Kardashev Type II Civilization Detected Around a Star 95 Light-Years Away?

Very, very unlikely

Ronald Bailey | 8.30.2016 3:03 PM

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SETI

A Private Trip to Alpha Centauri: Breakthrough Starshot*

Yuri Milner promises $100 million to research sending a fleet of laser-boosted nanocrafts to the nearest star.

Ronald Bailey | 4.12.2016 7:31 PM

Large image on homepages | ABC

Barack Obama

Did President Obama Admit the US is Controlled by Space Aliens?

Obama UFO joke on Jimmy Kimmel Live throws conspiracy theorists into a frenzy.

Ed Krayewski | 3.16.2015 3:52 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Apocalypse How? Featuring Former CIA Director James Woolsey, John Tierney, Rocket City Redneck Travis Taylor, Jeffrey Miron, and More!

Matt Welch | 10.3.2014 8:59 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Unsustainable Debt, Chaotic Immigration, Mideast Turmoil, Fracking Earthquakes, Comcast Harassment, NASA Aliens, California Dissolution, Bitcoin Legalization, Lois Lerner II, and Online Aftershow

Matt Welch | 7.15.2014 7:53 PM

Culture

The U.S. Government is Run by Space Aliens, According to an Iranian News Agency

Peter Suderman | 1.14.2014 10:40 AM

Large image on homepages | New York Zoological Society/Public Domain

Civil Liberties

Rights Aren't Just for Humans, Anymore

From chimpanzees to artificial intelligence, science is raising important questions about just who, and what, has rights.

A. Barton Hinkle | 12.18.2013 10:30 AM

Civil Liberties

What the Area 51 Reveal Tells Us About Government Secrecy

Peter Suderman | 8.16.2013 12:40 PM

Science & Technology

Dolphins Apparently Have Own Names

Use unique whistles to identify each other

Reason Staff | 7.23.2013 2:15 PM

Science & Technology

Scientists: Alien Life Most Likely to Be Found on Moons of Jupiter, Saturn

No Bracewell probe on the far side?

Reason Staff | 4.16.2013 9:56 AM

Science & Technology

Scientist Says He May Have Proof of Alien Life

Meteorite found with seaweed fossils, awaiting testing for contamination on Earth

Reason Staff | 1.23.2013 4:20 PM

Science & Technology

Biologist Says Humans Less Intelligent Than in the Past

Me not understand

Reason Staff | 11.15.2012 1:32 PM

Politics

UFOs over the UK

Ed Krayewski | 7.12.2012 5:18 PM

Politics

Loughner's Thoughts "often confused other conspiracy theorists" at UFO Website

Peter Suderman | 1.11.2011 12:02 PM

Politics

E.T. Stay Home?

We haven't heard from space aliens and that might be good news.

Ronald Bailey | 1.4.2011 4:30 PM

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