If alien life exists, its absence from our instruments may have several very different explanations. The longer the silence continues, the more interesting the mystery becomes.

Is intelligent alien life really out there? With powerful telescopes identifying more potentially habitable planets each year ...

Scientists have spent decades searching for signs of life beyond Earth without confirming a single extraterrestrial organism or technological civilization. That absence creates a fascinating problem: ...

The ‘Alien’ franchise, kicking off with Ridley Scott’s chilling ‘Alien’ (1979), redefined sci-fi horror with its tale of the Xenomorph, a deadly ...

The microbiome isn’t what it used to be in many parts of the world. The shift of species may be affecting the well-being of ...

With each passing season, ‘Resident Alien’ has proven that it is one of the most delightfully unhinged sci-fi comedies on television. Season 3 doubled down on everything that makes the show work, ...

A scene by scene look at Ridley Scott's 1979 classic, from the grimy Nostromo and its Freudian design to the hidden meaning of Ripley's song ...

Even from a cursory glance, it’s clear that characters and broader characterization in science fiction have evolved over time ...

What if the encounter between humanity and aliens was not an ‘invasion’ or a ‘salvation,’ but an equal ‘co-creation’?”This is ...

On the right is a depiction of an early Homo human ancestor characterized by relatively greater bone strength of the femur in the thigh compared to the humerus in the arm. To the left is a depiction ...

The other day, while I was getting chiropractic treatment, I started talking about AI with the staff member.As we were saying things like, "The recent evolution of AI is amazing, isn't it?", the topic ...

A new study proposes searching the moon for remnants of ancient extraterrestrial technology. Researchers suggest the moon's surface could preserve microscopic "technosignatures" left by alien ...