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A new report from scientists at Project CETI demonstrates that the noises that sperm whales make to communicate with each other contain what humans would describe as vowels.

Sperm whales, which make clicking sounds to communicate, use different “vowels” in ways similar to human speech ...

What do aliens sound like? We have no idea, but for Hollwood's smash hit "Project Hail Mary", that was the question that ...

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Bill Maher argued that a growing number of credible sightings by military personnel and intelligence officials suggests alien life may be observing Earth, saying skeptics are increasingly the ones ...

Two newly registered federal website domains – Alien.gov and Aliens.gov – are drawing attention after records showed they were created this week by a U.S. government agency, fueling speculation as ...

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There’s no denying the allure of alien artifacts. Science fiction is awash in the material remnants of extraterrestrial civilizations, which surface in everything from the classic books of Arthur C.