For more than a century, the idea that life might have arrived on our planet from elsewhere in the cosmos sat at the fringes ...

Alabama is finding new ways to criminally charge undocumented immigrants. Federal courts in the state are using a law last ...

Consciousness could be a fundamental part of reality, like gravity or matter, according to this controversial theory.

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If aliens from space can die and mourn their dead then they likely invented gods to worship. Because they missed their loved ...

Men in Black' proved that you could blend different genres like science fiction and comedy to create a standout blockbuster.

Need a reminder of what's up in the farthest frontier of 'Star Trek' before 'Starfleet Academy'? Class is now in session.

A crowd-sourced search for alien intelligence called SETI@Home is in its final stages, analyzing 100 radio signals of ...

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Exceptionally preserved fossils from the Ediacaran period challenge what scientists thought was possible in sandstone. In the fossil record, creatures without hard shells or skeletons, such as ...

Some animals on Earth look so unusual that they appear almost alien. Their shapes, movements, and survival strategies challenge familiar ideas of what life should look like. Scientists study these ...

Scientists found new evidence (or lack thereof) disproving the conspiracy theory that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is alien technology.