News in Brief Could a ‘Mystery Object’ in Our Solar System Tell Us About Alien Life? A professor of engineering breaks down what the 'Oumuamua projectile could possibly be and the secrets it could hold–but we still have no definite answers. Ray Norris
News in Brief We Can’t Detect Alien Life Just Yet We’ve discovered nearby habitable planets, but we lack the science to say whether they’re inhabited. By Michael White… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Why Is Hillary Clinton Making Strange Comments About Aliens? Earlier this week, the New York Times’Amy Chozickreported on Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton’s belief that alien life… Ryan Jacobs
Environment The Markers of the Anthropocene Humans have altered the Earth so much over the last generation that scientists expect geologists of the future to be able find our signature. Francie Diep
Social Justice Invaders in Our Living Room: Why We Love the Myth That Most Americans Believed the 1938 ‘War of the Worlds’ Broadcast The real legacy of the War of the Worlds is how we think about mass media. Benjamin Naddaff-Hafrey
Social Justice The Church of the Paranormal Despite our reputation as a science-minded superpower, America has always had a predilection for the unseen. Shannon Fischer
Environment How You Might Come to Believe You’ve Been Abducted by an Alien Unless, you know, you've actually been abducted. Katie Heaney
Environment Meet the Croppies Who are the true believers in crop circles? And might they be on to something? Katie Heaney