The 10 alien species we’d most like to invade Earth right now

This post is part of Science of Sci-Fi, Mashable’s ongoing series dissecting the science (or lack of science) in our favorite sci-fi movies, TV shows, and books.

It’s one of the oldest tropes in science fiction: when aliens invade Earth, we fight back. Maybe not always in the smartest way (hey, Independence Day President Whitmore, did you really need to nuke Houston?), but it’s taken for granted that we will at least try to #resist. 

Would that always be the case, however? 

In an era where the alien demand “take me to your leader” is likely to be answered with embarrassed faces and a lot of looking at our feet (“uh, yeah, about that …”), it might be better in some cases to just agree to the new arrangement. Surely plenty of extraterrestrial species would be better at ruling the planet than the current incumbents? Read more…

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