Most science fiction, even the really dark stuff, lets humanity keep a little bit of its dignity. The planet might blow up.

Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about modern anxieties than the past itself?

A civilization capable of interstellar travel may also be one that has moved beyond conquest, excess and ecological ...

Debunking alien claims matters, but so does telling richer, more compelling stories about how humans shaped their own past.