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For a long time, a nagging question has left mankind wondering… are we alone? While many scientists seek out to make first contact with any potentially intelligent lifeforms, Stephen Hawking thinks we should not attempt to draw attention to us.

Such scenes are speculative, but Hawking uses them to lead on to a serious point: that a few life forms could be intelligent and pose a threat. Hawking believes that contact with such a species could be devastating for humanity. He suggests that aliens might simply raid Earth for its resources and then move on: “We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn’t want to meet. I imagine they might exist in massive ships, having used up all the resources from their home planet. Such advanced aliens would perhaps become nomads, looking to conquer and colonise whatever planets they can reach.” He concludes that trying to make contact with alien races is “a little too risky”. He said: “If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn’t turn out very well for the Native Americans.”

He’s got a good point.

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What sounds like a bad scene from a movie, has now actually happened. Maximiliano Pereyra and Ariel Diaz, who were jailed for robbery offences, dressed up as the animals after escaping from a maximum security jail in Argentina more than a week ago. Pereyra, 25, and Diaz, 28, dressed in full sheepskin fleeces with realistic looking heads as they tried to evade capture, according to the SUN. You got to give them credit for originality.

Some experience an out-of-body floating sensation, others an intense feeling of joy and peace. Now scientists believe they have explained what causes the near death experiences reported by thousands of people on the operating table. A study of heart attack victims has found a link between out of body experiences and high levels of carbon dioxide in the blood. Researchers who made the discovery believe carbon dioxide may alter the chemical balance of the brain – and “trick” it into seeing lights, tunnels or dead people. Around a fifth of people whose heart stops during a cardiac arrest claim to have had some kind of near death experience. Near-Death experiences are very often interpreted as deeply religeous experiences. This new research could finally debunk the myth.