Thomas Mulligan investigates the sophisticated technologies and astronomical investments driving the relentless global search for extraterrestrial civilizations.

The curious minds at What If explore what would happen if you mated with an alien.

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

Octopuses, bees, and dogs all process information differently. Even within the narrow confines of one planet, evolution produced a wide range of nervous systems rather than a single design. A new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kayleigh McEnany highlights socialist candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier, dubbed "the next AOC," whose radical views include ...

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, ...

A duathlete was rushed to hospital with brain inflammation so severe he described it as feeling like there was "an alien trying to get out" of his head. He has now opened up about what it was like to ...

A duathlete who was taken to hospital with inflammation of the brain so severe he said it felt like there was “an alien trying to get out” of his head has shared what it was like to receive his rare ...

Scientists are now developing spinning space stations with artificial gravity that could take astronauts deeper into the Solar System in the 2030s, reshaping how long humans can stay in space and how ...

Earlier this year, former President Obama made waves in an interview when he said that he believed aliens were real, though he hadn't seen any evidence of them during his time in office. President ...