It’s a beautiful night. Just you, a bottle of wine and your partner drifting through the cosmos in a UFO. As your caress ...

The curious minds at What If examine the biological, social, and evolutionary consequences of a hypothetical interspecies encounter between humans and extraterrestrial beings.

Critics and audiences have never agreed on everything, but sometimes the divide is almost impossible to ignore. A movie gets ...

Lovebirds are unusual not just because of their shameless PDA, but because they choose one mate for life. While more than 90 ...

Scientists have long known that ancient Homo sapiens and Neanderthals lived alongside each other for thousands of years—until ...

When it comes to the search for life elsewhere in the universe, methane and other chemical compounds are seen as signs of ...

Explaining the passage of time has been a gnarly problem in physics basically forever, but physicist and computer scientist ...

These colossal clams were rumoured to kill humans but the opposite is true – climate change, pollution and overharvesting are ...

Are we alone in the universe? Consider mysterious "extraterrestrial" radio signals. Unexplained gases on other planets.

President Donald Trump made a jaw dropping jibe when he was allegedly briefed on alien “hybrids” living among humans.

A visually ambitious animated sci-fi adventure with thrilling space battles, unforgettable worldbuilding, and a story that ...

Falsehood and dissimulation, problematic in the criminal justice system, are ubiquitous in nature. Understanding the psychological origins of lying may help us to guard against it.