Debunking alien claims matters, but so does telling richer, more compelling stories about how humans shaped their own past.

Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about modern anxieties than the past itself?

Seventy million years ago, a feathered, flightless dinosaur known as an oviraptor squatted over a carefully arranged ring of blue-green eggs. Yet paleontologists have always struggled to understand ...

Do little green men exist? Was 'Men In Black' a documentary? Prediction markets are pricing the probability of a U.S. government confirmation of alien life before the year 2027. Find out why traders ...