alien
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He made alien life the centerpiece of a talk to alumni on campus this month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
His books resist exoticizing the characters as alien specimens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
James Webb's extraordinary sensitivity has already enabled scientists to investigate alien atmospheres using a method called eclipse mapping.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
From Nickelodeon to having Rob Iler on your lap in “Bad Thoughts” performing an alien scat scene, your career truly is a wild ride.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
He closed his eyes and tried to reimagine this spacious room with the alien furniture, but he couldn’t.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
She lists bills that would penalize states that permit abuse of their welfare systems, of which Minnesota is hardly alone, and another that would require deportation of aliens convicted of fraud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
With stories of monsters, aliens and time travel, “The Twilight Zone” could look like escapist entertainment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
As I walked out into the desert sunshine, I tried to reconcile the suffering I’d seen online with aliens performing metaphysical microsurgeries throughout my body.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
One thing my dad understood that I think gets overlooked: “Star Trek” wasn’t going out into the galaxy to find aliens that looked different.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Lots of people got kidnapped by aliens on TV.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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