Some of us now struggle to recognize the culture we live in. We are profoundly baffled and greatly disturbed by what seems like a complete inversion of values. The zeitgeist looks at actions that t… ...

The new generation of alien-focused pop culture reflects that shift, in which suspicion and fear have been replaced by something closer to affinity. In Marc Turtletaub’s 2023 film, ...

Aliens help us understand humanity — but only if they’re complex. In a new essay, sci-fi writer Charlie Jane Anders explores how Leonard Nimoy gave Vulcans emotion, why Ferengi feel like ...