The curious minds at What If explore the extraordinary consequences if you mated with an alien and had hybrid offspring, examining the biological, social, and cultural implications.

Human intelligence wasn’t a cosmic evolutionary fluke, some scientists say. The case against cosmic loneliness is growing.

On a hot February morning, Galápagos National Park rangers released 50 giant tortoises back to Floreana Island—marking the ...

A reported illegal immigrant from Mexico is jailed after being taken into custody during a Nashville traffic stop.

Stacker used data from IMDb to rank the worst movies of the 1980s. The rankings are based on user reviews—the lower the ...

In High on Life 2, you are presented with a choice: press a Red Button to get free money, but someone random in the world ...

We examine the parallels between sci-fi concepts and current technological achievements. What innovations inspired by the classic show are on the horizon?

America was winning the race to find Martian life. Then China jumped in. In July 2024, NASA’s Perseverance rover came across a peculiar rocky outcrop on Mars covered in strange spots. On Earth, these ...

Karin Modig receives funding from Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare and from Karolinska Institutets research funds. How much do your genes determine how long you’ll live?

Researchers at the School of Biological Sciences of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have uncovered how eukaryotic cells can control gene activity even after losing one of their major gene-regulatory ...

For nearly five decades, Steven Spielberg has helped define what alien stories mean to movie audiences. Sometimes they arrive as cosmic miracles. Sometimes as existential threats. Sometimes as ...

Former President Barack Obama said he did not see evidence that aliens "have made contact with us," after sending social media abuzz by saying aliens were real on a podcast over the weekend. During a ...