Shaped by a different biology or culture, other intelligent civilisations – if they’re out there – might understand the universe in a completely different way than we do. Physicist Daniel Whiteson exp ...

In an age of artificial intelligence, the one thing machines can't replace is original human thought — so why aren't we teaching it? Syed Mustafa Ahmad It is a universally acknowledged truth that the ...

As private companies race to build orbital habitats and government agencies sketch out Mars timelines, a fundamental biological question remains largely unanswered: can humans safely reproduce in ...

As humanity moves from brief space missions toward longer stays — driven by commercial ambitions for moon bases and eventual Martian settlements — scientists are beginning to confront how the ...

A new psychedelic retreat calling itself a “SETI for the mind” aims to establish two-way communication with the nonhuman entities people encounter while tripping on DMT.

How big would a telescope need to be to see Earth’s dinosaurs from 66 million light-years away? Think big—and then think ...

Hardy bacteria in a lab survived pressures comparable to an asteroid strike on the red planet, suggesting a hypothetical scenario in which our planet was seeded with life.

New research reveals that ancient interbreeding between humans and Neanderthals shaped our modern human DNA - especially on ...

Former United States President Barack Obama has clarified remarks related to the existence of extraterrestrial life made on a podcast, after appearing to claim that he knew aliens are real. During a ...

Former U.S. President Barack Obama has clarified comments he made about alien life on a podcast over the weekend.

Scientists demonstrated that an Earthly extremophile might withstand being ejected from the Red Planet on debris spewed into ...

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