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More than 1,000 scientists have quietly updated the world's post‑detection protocols for alien contact, doubling down on the ...

The IAA SETI Committee has updated rules for evaluating and revealing the detection of extraterrestrial intelligence.

The “post-detection protocols” for announcing the discovery and existence of alien life have just had their first major ...

Why the interest on our monthly loan payments may soon be calculated differently as South Africa replaces JIBAR with ZARONIA.

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Astronomer Jon Willis warns that alien signals could be passing Earth unnoticed because humans are searching on the wrong ...

For decades, scientists have scanned the stars for even the faintest whisper of intelligent life. Now, with fresh government ...