In the 2016 science-fiction blockbuster Arrival, Amy Adams is sent to make first contact with alien life after extra-terrestrial spaceships land on Earth.
But in reality, women are far less likely to want to have a close encounter with another kind compared with men, Oxford University has found.
In a survey, asking whether humanity should initiate contact with aliens fewer than half of women thought it was a good idea, compared to nearly two thirds of men.
Even the male and female researchers were split down the middle with Astrophysicist Dr Peter Hatfield believing reaching out to be an important and worthwhile endeavour ... Read even more
