Shaped by a different biology or culture, other intelligent civilisations – if they’re out there – might understand the ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

A Catholic exorcist priest claims aliens are actually demons, arguing UFO abductions mirror diabolical attacks described in ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

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.

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

There is a silence in the night sky that has bothered me for as long as I can remember. ” Richard Feynman’s reflection lingers because it feels personal.

Being able to spot the Earth, let alone any signs of life on our planet, would require an enormous telescope from 66 million ...

Rotello has worked with Patti Smith and was friends with Hilly Kristal, the late owner of CBGB, the iconic club where Smith, Blondie and the Ramones got their start.

A new study by researchers at the SETI Institute suggests stellar "space weather" could make radio signals from ...

Is the scientific method really the best approach to learning about the world? A new paper in Collective Intelligence applies the scientific method to itself, finding that some common strategies that ...