Aliens
Inside the first public US hearing on UFOs in half a century

Inside the first public US hearing on UFOs in half a century
Reports of unidentified aerial phenomena have doubled in the last year, say intelligence officials
18 May 2022
Kayakers to be told to stop getting naked in public

Kayakers to be told to stop getting naked in public
And other stories from the stranger side of life
16 May 2022
Six-hour jog needed to burn off Christmas dinner

Six-hour jog needed to burn off Christmas dinner
And other stories from the stranger side of life
23 Dec 2021
Headteacher says handwriting is ‘tiring and antiquated’ 

Headteacher says handwriting is ‘tiring and antiquated’
And other stories from the stranger side of life
14 Dec 2021
Aliens ‘to invade amid meteor shower’

Aliens ‘to invade amid meteor shower’
And other stories from the stranger side of life
18 Nov 2021
Penguin arrives in New Zealand after epic journey

Penguin arrives in New Zealand after epic journey
And other stories from the stranger side of life
12 Nov 2021
Pop star says ‘alien’ is derogatory term for extraterrestrial life

Pop star says ‘alien’ is derogatory term for extraterrestrial life
And other stories from the stranger side of life
13 Oct 2021

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Woman bombarded with calls after number appears in Squid Game

Woman bombarded with calls after number appears in Squid Game
And other stories from the stranger side of life
7 Oct 2021
Penguins ‘might be aliens’

Penguins ‘might be aliens’
And other stories from the stranger side of life
13 Sep 2021
Doctor says we should not sleep naked because of flatulent spraying

Doctor says we should not sleep naked because of flatulent spraying
And other stories from the stranger side of life
7 Sep 2021
What are Hycean planets?

What are Hycean planets?
Planets ‘hiding in plain sight’ could provide habitable conditions for life
26 Aug 2021
Woman lactates from armpit after giving birth

Woman lactates from armpit after giving birth
And other stories from the stranger side of life
6 Aug 2021
Aliens ‘use stars to communicate’

Aliens ‘use stars to communicate’
And other stories from the stranger side of life
4 Aug 2021
Woman with biggest mouth named

Woman with biggest mouth named
And other stories from the stranger side of life
2 Aug 2021
Contact with aliens could kill us all

Contact with aliens could kill us all
And other stories from the stranger side of life
15 Jun 2021
Radio bursts in space ‘could be from military aliens’

Radio bursts in space ‘could be from military aliens’
And other stories from the stranger side of life
10 Jun 2021
Brian Cox says universe could have 200bn alien civilisations

Brian Cox says universe could have 200bn alien civilisations
And other stories from the stranger side of life
8 Jun 2021
Could microbes communicate with alien species?

Could microbes communicate with alien species?
Experts argue that we should be searching for microbial life rather than human-like aliens
17 May 2021
Elon Musk has proof aliens don’t exist

Elon Musk has proof aliens don’t exist
And other stories from the stranger side of life
25 Mar 2021
Aliens blamed as car keys stop working outside Tesco

Aliens blamed as car keys stop working outside Tesco
And other stories from the stranger side of life
2 Mar 2021
New theory says we will all turn into crabs

New theory says we will all turn into crabs
And other stories from the stranger side of life
25 Jan 2021
Aliens ‘have struck a deal with Donald Trump’

Aliens ‘have struck a deal with Donald Trump’
And other stories from the stranger side of life
10 Dec 2020
Jeffrey Epstein is ‘alive and plotting’

Jeffrey Epstein is ‘alive and plotting’
And other stories from the stranger side of life
7 Dec 2020
Man dies after pot plant liquifies his brain

Man dies after pot plant liquifies his brain
And other stories from the stranger side of life
28 Sep 2020
Scientists find no sign of alien life in 10m solar systems 

Scientists find no sign of alien life in 10m solar systems
And other stories from the stranger side of life
10 Sep 2020
UFO expert says ‘woke’ aliens have already dealt with racism

UFO expert says ‘woke’ aliens have already dealt with racism
And other stories from the stranger side of life
15 Jul 2020
‘Did I miss anything?’ asks man after 75-day retreat

‘Did I miss anything?’ asks man after 75-day retreat
And other stories from the stranger side of life
16 Jun 2020
Pentagon reveals new details after UFO video release

Pentagon reveals new details after UFO video release
‘Suitcase-sized and silver in colour’ - military pilots’ encounters with ‘unexplained aerial phenomena’
14 May 2020
Could invisible aliens really exist on Earth?

Could invisible aliens really exist on Earth?
Astrobiologist responds to claim by Britain’s first astronaut that extraterrestrials may live among us
13 Jan 2020
Area 51: what is inside the secret military base?

Area 51: what is inside the secret military base?
Conspiracists and party-goers on rural Nevada for ‘Storm Area 51’ event
20 Sep 2019
Are radio bursts from deep space signs of alien life?

Are radio bursts from deep space signs of alien life?
Repeating bursts of radio waves detected for second time in history
10 Jan 2019
What happened to conspiracy theorist Max Spiers?

What happened to conspiracy theorist Max Spiers?
British man died in Poland after telling mother his life was in danger
8 Jan 2019
The War of the Worlds: what to expect from new BBC drama

The War of the Worlds: what to expect from new BBC drama
Edwardian-era retelling of HG Wells’s classic 1898 novel stars Eleanor Tomlinson, Rafe Spall and Robert Carlyle
31 Oct 2018
British spies spent 50 years trying to catch UFO

British spies spent 50 years trying to catch UFO
Government hoped to harvest alien technology in order to develop superweapons
2 Jul 2018