Consciousness may arise in systems far different than the biology on Earth we are used to, according to new research.

Is it the invasion of the genome snatchers? Just in case the idea of aliens walking around in human skin suits wasn’t frightening enough. An outlandish study asserts that aliens might have abducted us ...

In these science fiction books, extraterrestrial beings are sympathetic, horrifying and everything in between. By James S.A. Corey James S.A. Corey is the pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, the ...

Scientists blast the idea that consciousness is confined to human or animal brains in a provocative new paper published this ...

Practically every previous instalment in the Alien franchise has involved synthetic characters, but, until Alien: Earth, these were primarily just in the form of androids – completely mechanical ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life.