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Opinion: It Must Be Al Gore's Fault

(Sept. 1) -- When news reports surfaced that James J. Lee -- the now-dead Discovery network hostage-taking suspect -- had apparently written a rambling, repetitive and just plain crazy manifesto, it wasn't much of a stretch to predict that someone would try to draw a connection between his actions and environmentalists. Or...

The Politics of Extraterrestrials

Paradigm Research / Alfred Webre / Exopolitics.org

(April 28) -- Famed astrophysicist Stephen Hawking isn't the only man concerned about the potential ramifications of an extraterrestrial presence on Earth. Turns out, a growing number of people are becoming involved in "exopolitics," the study of the political ramifications of alien visitors -- whether they be friend or...

ET Debate: To Speak or Not to Speak?

(April 26) -- It's generally good advice not to talk to strangers. So when world-famous astrophysicist Stephen Hawking warns us of the danger of speaking to space aliens, he's only talking common sense. Hawking, arguably the most famous living scientist, speculates that trying to interact directly with an ET might pose a...