The first proper brain scan of mescaline found the drug ignoring the regions where psychedelic research has spent a decade, ...

Whenever Star Trek introduces a new species, there's always a risk of plot holes forming. For instance, I remember when Enterprise debuted the Denobulans in 200 ...

Looking ahead: Existing radio surveys may contain signals that were never recognized as potential technosignatures. New ...

The U.S. Department of War on May 8, 2026, opened a public website containing decades of previously classified videos, photos ...

Astronomers discovered a moon-like object orbiting a brown dwarf that's orbiting a star. Say that three times fast.

Fossil finds are exciting moments that sometimes introduce the world to an ancient mammal or dinosaur that existed millions ...

On July 16, 2024, a daytime meteor shook New York City with a sonic boom as it passed just south of the Statue of Liberty.

The European Commission recently published its long-awaited draft guidelines on the classification of “high-risk” artificial intelligence (AI) systems (Draft Guidelines) under Article 6 of the EU AI ...

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, ...

It didn’t take long for stories about extraterrestrials to reach our cinemas. George Méliès “A Trip to the Moon” introduced weird, easily explodable aliens called Selenites that capture the first ...

The International Academy of Astronautics has updated its protocols for confirming and announcing the discovery of alien life. New guidelines address the modern challenges of social media, ...

12 years is a long wait to play the sequel to one of your favourite games of all time. During that decade-plus stretch, I’ve re-played the original Alien: Isolation multiple times, analysed its ...