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 ...

These games go to some dark places for entertainment, and will test the integrity of your moral compass.

What if humanity could no longer live on Earth? Perhaps a catastrophic event forced us to find a new home among the stars. Mars often comes to mind as a close option but surviving there is no small ...

Thanks to “Bugonia,” even Emma Stone’s algorithm believes she’s an alien.

Scientists have discovered alien-like brine pools deep beneath the ocean, forming dense, hypersaline lakes on the seafloor. These extreme environments, lethal to most marine life due to high salinity ...

Well, imagine walking into a mine in Ogdensburg, New Jersey, and forgetting you’re even on planet Earth anymore because the ...

That’s Halibut Point State Park in Rockport, Massachusetts for you—a coastal gem where granite quarries meet crashing ...

It is often suggested that this may have already happened: alien technosignatures may have reached Earth during the past six decades but have gone unnoticed. If that is true, it suggests that more ...

When Ridley Scott decides to say goodbye to directing and producing movies and TV shows, it will be one of the saddest days in Hollywood history. Scott has given more to the world of moviemaking, ...

On Earth, life thrives in some of the most seemingly inhospitable environments. Single-celled organisms like bacteria teem in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park, where temperatures reach ...

For nearly five decades, Steven Spielberg has helped define what alien stories mean to movie audiences. Sometimes they arrive as cosmic miracles. Sometimes as existential threats. Sometimes as ...