A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The ...

Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

A quiet Air Force posting in the Nevada desert turns into something far darker when a soldier stumbles into a presence he can’t explain. He describes pale, towering beings with white hair and silver ...

Studying chemical chatter as tiny balls of cells embed could shine a light on early pregnancy and glitches that lead to miscarriage Researchers have created the lining of a womb in a dish, which ...

Since Viking 1 landed in 1976, humans have studied Mars from afar, relying on rovers and orbiters to analyze the planet. But ...

When we watch Kusimayu joining the hivemind in episode 9, it was a jolt to the system and a stark reminder that acts as a ...

The use of poison on arrows marked a revolution in human hunting technology—new evidence suggests it happened tens of ...

When ET phones home, it could be his last call. Contrary to sci-fi movie depictions, our first contact might not be with a super advanced alien civilization at the height of power. Rather, Ivy League ...

A fossil belonging to an ancient hominin that lived seven million years ago bears the hallmarks of bipedalism, according to a ...

A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests ...