Directed panspermia refers to a theory of exogenesis that involves the sentient, purposeful seeding of life throughout the universe. Because it requires a guiding intelligent hand, it differs from standard theory of panspermia in which life might be accidentally transferred between bodies in the solar system (for example between Mars and Earth) or...

Prometheus is Ridley Scott’s first science fiction film since Blade Runner (1982) and his return to the genre provides an opportunity to revisit some of the core preoccupations of his earlier work. Prometheus shares with Blade Runner more than its dark, foreboding mood and presence of android characters; both films are preoccupied with the nature...