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We may be missing alien radio signals because they have become smeared beyond the narrowband detectors that SETI utilizes, a new study suggests.

A Russian FPV drone was destroyed after an encounter with a weird new Ukrainian weapon. Is this a high-powered laser or something else entirely?

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President Donald Trump has once again done what he often does best in moments of war and tension: he dropped just enough language to ignite a firestorm of speculation, without giving the public ...