Aliens. They come in peace, they destroy our planet, they mystify, terrify, and inspire. Crop Circle Cinema explores alien movies through the decades, specifically those set in rural places. Why do ...

Alien movies have endured as a popular way to explore our anxieties about the unknown. But why do so many take place in rural America and what are they representing when they do? Art by Nhatt Nichols.

Turns out, it wasn't an alien creation. We now know the source of the mysterious crop circle that turned up in the small town of Chualar, about two hours south of San Francisco. And it turns out a lot ...

Crop circles -- the strange designs found in crops and grasslands -- have been reported and documented for hundreds of years. Are they a link to a higher intelligence or merely an elaborate prank? In ...