There is a silence in the night sky that has bothered me for as long as I can remember. ” That observation, attributed to ...

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Missouri isn’t exactly known for looking like the surface of an alien planet, but apparently nobody told Meramec Caverns in Sullivan about that. This underground wonderland looks like something a ...

Does NASA have files on aliens? Jared Isaacman says no, and tells Ross Douthat on “Interesting Times” that extraterrestrials would pick a more exciting locale to visit than America’s naval bases.

This is the definitive ranking of the best alien invasion movies of all time. In between those bookends, Lifeforce is one of the wildest, most unique, most incredible science fiction movies almost ...

As a moment of political theater, President Donald Trump set a trap for Democrats while challenging them in his State of the ...

Well, today is Valentine's Day, which means love and connection are on people's minds, and I recently met someone who studies one form of affection, kissing. Matilda Brindle is an evolutionary ...

Testing the biological sex of an athlete is becoming more common in sport, with governing bodies defending the practice as safeguarding fairness for women. But as the introduction of mandatory genetic ...

(via Be Smart) Ant bridges, bee hives, bird flocks, fish schools and more all demonstrate how intelligent behavior can emerge from pretty stupid animals, and how that strange intelligence can solve ...

One day, probably far off in the very distant future, if astronomers are correct in their assumptions about the vastness of space, Earth will be visited by intelligent beings from another planet.

Bad Bunny says "ICE OUT" at the #Grammys and receives a massive standing ovation: "We are not savage, we are not animals, we are not aliens, we are humans and we are ...

During the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, Elon Musk called human aging a “very solvable” problem. “When we figure out what causes aging, I think we’ll find it’s incredibly obvious,” the ...