The cosmic traveller flying at 61km/s and steaming with gaseous cyanide is only the third object we’ve detected in our solar system that came from another star. And one Harvard professor believes it may be an alien spacecraft with malicious intent.

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Michael and Mary Shelley were glamorous Sydney socialites, who became Christian fanatics and kidnappers. Three of their children - Steven, John and Hannah - were secretly placed into foster care with my parents, Lenore and Tom Blaine. The Shelleys were apocalyptically irritated to discover that the children of God had been fostered by working-class Queensland…

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Laudable! Let's take a look at some of the changes that arise from this, through a simple case study: making an international phone call to a relative.

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Since I first read Kristen Roupenian’s viral story, I’ve wondered: How did she know about me?