Is intelligent alien life really out there? With powerful telescopes identifying more potentially habitable planets each year ...

The new plot twist is that in order to keep enough nitrogen and phosphorus near its surface, a planet has to start out with ...

The threats of AI underline the urgency of a revolutionary, ecosocialist break with the civilisation of capitalist growth.

Former U.S. President Barack Obama said he did not see evidence that aliens "have made contact with us," after sending social media abuzz by saying aliens were real on a podcast over the weekend.

Could the universe have more than three dimensions—and if it does, could life exist there? If higher-dimensional beings are possible, they might interact with our world in ways we can’t fully perceive ...

Could Steven Spielberg's new movie, Disclosure Day, be linked to Close Encounters of the Third Kind? The trailer might have ...

Part of what makes some classics worthy of such a title is the ingenuity and borderline movie magic they employ to tell their story. In the case of "Alien," for example, director Ridley Scott used ...

Life may have started in sticky, rock-hugging gels rather than inside cells. Researchers suggest these primitive, biofilm-like materials could trap and concentrate molecules, giving early chemistry a ...

Even with showrunner Chris Sheridan suggesting he knew the writing was on the wall for the show's cancellation, Season 4 of Syfy's Resident Alien should never have marked the end of a show of such ...

It’s no longer the start of a joke. Cool nerds are now chilling in bars, with lectures on science, history, poetry and art.

How did life begin? A team of scientists from Japan, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, and Germany believes the answer may involve sticky gels that coated ...

Born on the same day, Bill and Ben both grew up to have high status. But in every other way they were polar opposites.