For the first time in nearly 10 years, Ridley Scott fans will venture to theaters to see a sci-fi movie from the Alien and Blade Runner director, who has been steering more towards historical epics ...
A rare visitor from another star system prompted SETI to hunt for alien technology, but the mysterious object appears to be a ...
Researchers propose turning a future NASA moon base into a quarantine station that would screen space samples before they ever reach Earth.
A mind wrapped in skin and bone can feel like the obvious model for consciousness. But that assumption may say more about ...
God and aliens are having a moment. But what do Christianity and other faiths really teach about ETs?
In Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa, burned bones were found in a dirt layer associated with Homo erectus. The inhabitants ...
Humans and great apes have been giggling in similar ways since branching off the evolutionary tree, a new study suggests. How ...
As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...
Designing healthy relationships between humans and AI will require formalizing business practices. The future of work is ...
We've hooked up some machinery,” said Tommy, “that amounts to a mechanical translator… When you're ready to talk to the skipper of the other ship, sir, I ...
What if consciousness isn’t limited to brains like ours? Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that ...
Two scientists want NASA to build a quarantine lab for alien germs on the Moon, rather than on Earth. The pair, ...