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Topic: War of the Worlds

Emily Blunt and Josh O'Connor in "Disclosure Day" (Niko Tavernise/Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment)

Spielberg's last word for humanity

Coleman Spilde
Alien and milky way in the night (Getty Images/Apostoli Rossella)

Would aliens really want to invade us?

Matthew Rozsa
Orson Welles (AP/<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-863536p1.html'>boscorelli</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

The original fake-news scandal

A. Brad Schwartz