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The topic of the Alien movies came up in the office the other day, and I realized I probably haven't watched the first two since high school at the latest. I probably would have wasted hours of my life watch Aliens again, but now thanks to 1A4 Studios I don't have to. They've done a Speedrun version of Aliens that compresses it down to 60 seconds. Thanks! I remember Aliens as kind of boring.

Remember last year when we all found out that Michael Bay's Ninja Turtles would be aliens and not mutants, and then the whole Internet exploded with anger because mutant turtles who love pizza and are also ninjas are a beloved childhood memory, but alien turtles who love pizza and are also ninjas are an abomination? Turns out it's not true. So calm down.

Today is International Women's Day, which has been around for over a hundred years! But you know what's been around a lot longer than that? Women! And heroes are women. Here in our little corner of the Internet, we at Geekosystem constantly think about things that other geeks, dorks, and nerds the world over think about every day, like science, technology, books, movies, and games. And you know what those things have in them? Women!

We've heard murmurs about Neil Gaiman's upcoming children's book for a while, but now the author himself is chatting it up. In what sounds as delightfully nonsensical as the ravings of Lewis Carroll but with 100% more dinosaurs, Gaiman has just officially announced an his next children's book, Fortunately, the Milk. By all means, check out the video of the always adorably awkward Gaiman describing the book below.

It was hard enough to hear that an Aliens-based RPG was in production and was subsequently canned. Now, they're rubbing salt in our wounds -- or bursting Xenomorphs out of our chests? -- by showing us some animations of the eponymous aliens themselves that will never be, therefore proving that the game would have been awesome and that you should be sad. Have a look and mourn with us over a world we'll never get to see.

In yet another instance of absurd-sounding legal claims, archaeologist and director of the Institute of Archeology of Belize, Dr. Jaime Awe, has filed a lawsuit against Lucasfilm, its parent the Walt Disney Company, and film distributor Paramount Pictures for using a likeness of the crystal skull in the fourth and most recent Indiana Jones flick without formal consent from the government of Belize. Allegedly stolen by British explorer F.A. Mitchell-Hedges in the early 20th century, Awe is demanding that the relic be returned as well as asking to receive a cut of the film's profits.

We've never been closer to finding life on other planets. It shouldn't come as a surprise, but it's an important fact to keep in mind when you think about what you're about to read. In trying to figure out how the human race might be able terraform and live on other planets, scientists have discovered what may be the best way to detect whether intelligent alien species have been there before us. While it's a technically advanced process and nothing scoff at, in the end scientists have decided that, from now on, they will make a concerted effort to look for signs of spray deodorant and hairspray on previously undiscovered worlds.

The map for seeking out life elsewhere in the cosmos may have just gotten a new must-have accessory. A new study from NASA suggests that having an asteroid belt like our own solar system's could be a key ingredient in the development of extraterrestrial life.

Spotted at Rome's Fashion Week, this piece, "Fishlike Alien With A Literal Boob In The Center" from Gianni Molaro, looks like a fishlike alien that has a literal boob in the center. This is what fashion has come to. For real fashion, check out our sister site Styleite.

The above image does not depict a shot glass full of red Kool-Aid that was left in a very warm garage for a few months, but a drink intentionally made to look insane. Dubbed the "Alien Brain Hemorrhage," the cocktail consists of half a shot glass full of peach schnapps, with Bailey's Irish Cream poured on top. Once the shot is almost full, a small amount of blue curacao is added, and once that settles, a small splash of grenadine tops the drink off. Head on past the break to check out a video of the concoction.

The Old Murder House Theatre troupe in Austin, Texas has a mision. And that mission is apparently to perform stage versions of "classic" films from the '80s and '90s. For their rendition of Aliens, the group decided to go the extra mile and turn the sci-fi action epic into an ice skating musical. And that is wonderful.

Perhaps in the vein of "ask a silly question, get a silly answer," the White House has formally stated that there is no evidence of extraterrestrial contact with the Earth, and no efforts to hide said non-existant extraterrestrial activity from the public. But that's just what they would say, isn't it? The response comes from Phil Larson of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy in response to two We The People online petitions.

I'll hedge the headline and point out that it is as "confirmed" as anything 20 light-years away from Earth can be. That said, new research is presenting a strong argument that the rocky planet Gliese 581d could, indeed, harbor life. Readers will recall the name as just over a year ago that its neighbor, Gliese 581g, was thought to be habitable. Those hopes were dashed, when further research showed that 581g may not even exist. 581d on the other hand has much better chances. It orbits towards the edge of the so-called "Goldilocks zone," an orbit far enough away from a star where conditions are "just right" for life. The planet is larger than Earth, exerting about twice our home planet's gravity, and has a thick carbon-dioxide atmosphere. According to France's National Centre for Scientific Research, which modeled the conditions of 581d, liquid water and possibly oceans could exist on the planet.

The SETI Institute, that nifty organization that searches for extra-terrestrial life, claims that due to government cutbacks, it does not have the funds to sustain the search for alien life anymore, dooming Earthlings to find out about an alien invasion once we're already enslaved.

On top of this suspension of SETI's search for alien life, the large field of radio dishes that SETI used to search for signals will be going into hibernation. Sad day for people who were hoping intelligent alien life would be discovered in their lifetime, at least, the kind of discovery that doesn't involve us being invaded.

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