Forget little green men. If alien life exists, it won’t look anything like the movies. I break down real evolutionary biology and why most sci-fi aliens are scientifically ridiculous. 👽 ...

Nudibranchs look like fragile, colorful decorations drifting across coral reefs — but their biology tells a different story. These sea slugs steal toxins from their prey and repurpose them as chemical ...

The NASA Juno mission has given deeper insights into the possible alien life on Jupiter's moon, Europa, and how it could lie ...

If we were to ever find alien life, breaking the news to the general public could be much more difficult than one might think ...

Thousands of alien species could invade the Arctic, warns a new study. Warmer temperatures and more tourists make it easier ...

A financial crisis could be triggered by an announcement that aliens exist, according to Helen McCaw, a former policy expert of the Bank of England. McCaw told The Times of London that politicians and ...

James Gunn promised a DC Universe built on gods and monsters, and the first wave of those monsters is already here. His new continuity does not treat giant creatures as disposable action scenes. It ...

How large is a large language model? Think about it this way. In the center of San Francisco there’s a hill called Twin Peaks from which you can view nearly the entire city. Picture all of it—every ...

If humans ever receive a message from intelligent aliens, the biggest challenge may not be how far away they are, but how to communicate at all. Our nearest star system is more than four light-years ...

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The thought experiment suggests that we need to avoid human biases in our ...