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President Trump has recently invoked an 18th century law, the Alien Enemies Act, to justify rapid deportations. There's now a legal battle over whether they can continue. But where did this law come ...

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For decades, science fiction writers have tried their best to prepare us for eventual contact with aliens. Their efforts are dominated by several recurrent tropes. There's the invasion by a warlike ...