Maybe the real monster in the Alien franchise isn’t actually the killer alien. Because behind the acid blood and jump scares is an even more insidious horror: a single employer with unchecked power.

A mind wrapped in skin and bone can feel like the obvious model for consciousness. But that assumption may say more about ...

Amid the assortment of limited-edition collectible popcorn buckets, there have been some questionable contributions.

Scientists blast the idea that consciousness is confined to human or animal brains in a provocative new paper published this week, arguing that minds could exist in alien life and even advanced ...

In the book version of “Project Hail Mary,” author Andy Weir, known for grounding his fiction in plausible science, describes ...

SUMMER is well and truly here, and with that all-inclusive break booked, it’s time to dig out the swimwear. But if you are ...

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

A fan designer drenched the classic 11 in soft, monochromatic sage green, and the tonal result looks ready for a lookbook. Here's the AJ11 'Alien' concept.

Scientists propose a simple but powerful new method for detecting traces of alien biology, whether on Jupiter's icy moons, in meteorites or in Martian samples. (Nanowerk News) Before any wrinkled, ...

With the release of Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s new film about aliens, a question as old as science fiction itself resurfaces: if aliens were to arrive on Earth, would they come to conquer us, ...

The United States government's recent release of hundreds of previously classified unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) cases spanning the 1940s to the present, along with the new Steven Spielberg ...