Creator Vince Gilligan, the clever mind that brought us "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul," has blessed sci-fi lovers with "Pluribus," the captivating new 10-episode dramatic series. The quirky ...

Researchers have derived a formula for viral behavior in the Wild Cards, a science fiction series written by a collection of authors about an alien virus called the Wild Card that mutates human DNA.

A SCAM is sullying the hunt for alien intelligence. Someone is using a computer virus to cheat in the SETI@home project, in which home PCs crunch data from radio telescopes to look for signs of alien ...

This post contains spoilers for Vince Gilligan’s new Apple TV series Pluribus. If it would make you unhappy to read them before seeing the first two episodes, keep this tab open until you watch them.

This story first appeared in Trying!, a thoughtful, funny, wide-ranging daily newsletter featuring essays from the mind of Matt Gross. You can sign up for them here. Those were simple aliens for ...