The Alien Isolation 2 release date might be further away than fans expected. Creative Assembly says it has no plans to reveal launch details anytime soon, but the developer did confirm that an Alien ...

Or a meteor. Or one of those fidget gizmo things that stores sell in the checkout line. Maybe a cat toy? It sort of looks like a fuzzy seed from a chestnut tree.

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. You can spend every day surrounded by other people and still feel lonely.

When the doors to the Koelnmesse exhibition center in Cologne open on Wednesday the 26th of August, Alien fans are going to ...