News with and about 'alien'

Some researchers believe that there are specific areas on Earth where UFOs land on a regular basis. Often these alien “cosmodromes” sit on top of or inside mountains. One of those mysterious places is Mount El-Taire in Bolivia. Crashes of alleged unidentified flying objects with “evidence” occurred in the past. For example, in neighboring Brazil, near Sao Paulo in 1957 a shiny disc flying at high speed was observed. In front of a witness, it suddenly began to decline, then stopped, rocked and exploded, scattering thousands of tiny pieces ...more.

The French Parliament has banned burqa-style Islamic veils. Polls show that 83 percent of the population supports this idea. Nevertheless, this piece of legislation has caused great controversy. Experts fear that this innovation may cause frustration among French Muslims. Members of the parliament found burqa to violate women’s freedom and gender equality, which is not compatible with the norms of democratic France ...more.

'Biggest-ever' clean up of invasive alien plant species starts ...more.

A Russian MP asks President Medvedev to look into claims by a regional president that he met aliens on board a spaceship. ...more.

Renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking cautions against trying to make contact with aliens as it is "a little too risky". ...more.

A Jordanian mayor is considering suing a newspaper over an April Fools' Day report saying aliens had landed nearby. ...more.

Imagine finding a planet where robots are programmed so that they can make other robots just like themselves from raw materials. Now, imagine an alien scientist visitor coming to the planet and, after many years of studying these robots, the alien scientist visitor comes to the conclusion that since science can explain how these robots work, operate, function, and reproduce there's no reason to believe that there was an ultimate intelligent designer behind them ...more.