Well, look at that, folks – Marvel's decided to slap a coat of paint on your nightmares. Coming this Wednesday, February 21st, is Alien: Black White and Blood #1, because when you're dealing with the ...

This is FRESH AIR. The alien film cycle began in 1979 with Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror movie "Alien." It was a huge hit followed by three sequels. There also was a prequel in 2012 called "Prometheus.

In Slime: A Natural History, science journalist Susanne Wedlich preempts her readers’ repulsion. Although “we are all creatures of slime,” she writes on page 2, the mere mention of the name connotes ...