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“Nope”: Hollywood, Erasure, and… Aliens?

The Bottom Line UCSB
Corinna Kelley Contributing Writer Horror movies serve not only to scare but to warn. Hidden in metaphors and symbols, films about zombies...
1 month ago

Could we ever decipher an alien language? Uncovering how AI communicates may be the key

The Conversation
In the 2016 science fiction movie Arrival, a linguist is faced with the daunting task of deciphering an alien language consisting of...
1 month ago

'The designer will never answer any rules questions': Upcoming solitaire board game requires you to codebreak its rulebook, which is written in a language that does not exist

PC Gamer
I've been running a Pathfinder 2e game recently, and it's been a challenge for my little brain—but its dense, rules-heavy tomes have got...
6 months ago

Futurama's Second Alien Language Was Actually A Complex Mathematical Code

SlashFilm
Ever wondered how to decode AL1 and AL2 on Futurama? Here's the trick to understanding the alien languages.
5 months ago

AI reveals ancient symbols hidden in Peruvian desert famous for alien theories

Fox News
Researchers studying Peru's ancient Nazca Lines used artificial intelligence to uncover four more geoglyphs etched into the country's Nazca...
17 months ago

Alien forms for alien language: investigating novel form spaces in cultural evolution

Nature
A cornerstone of experimental studies in language evolution has been iterated artificial language learning: studies where participants learn...
64 months ago

Decoding the Alien Language of Camille Jodoin-Eng’s Trippy Sculptures

VICE
We caught up with the Toronto based sculptor to see the process behind her latest work and tried to figure out who exactly she's speaking to with those symbols.
87 months ago

Who Has Tattoos of the Alien Symbols on 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'? The Stranger May Be Who Coulson Is Searching For

Bustle
Yes, Brian Van Holt's character is the other person out there compulsively carving these symbols, as I previously speculated.
121 months ago

Learn Digital Logic By Alien Abduction

Hackaday
In the first episode, you are abducted by aliens trying to decide if humans are intelligent. To prove that, you have to work a series of logic puzzles.
68 months ago

Cowboys, aliens and the spectacle: The symbolism in ‘Nope’

The Tufts Daily
The film shines as a new addition to the 'space Western' genre, which marries spaghetti Westerns with a thrilling sci-fi alien adventure.
26 months ago