Are aliens real? The question has animated conspiracy theories for decades and enthralled at least one former president of ...

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Machine learning is quietly rewriting the rules of the cosmic hunt for company. Instead of waiting to recognize familiar fingerprints of biology, researchers are training algorithms to spot the deeper ...

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