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

During the initial analysis of the data recovered from the Scoop 7 satellite, Dr. Ruth Leavitt (Kate Reid) and her colleagues ...

A breakdown of Exobiotica and its believable approach to alien evolution, anatomy and ecosystems.

What if consciousness isn’t limited to brains like ours? Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that ...

Scientists propose a simple but powerful new method for detecting traces of alien biology, whether on Jupiter's icy moons, in ...

Learn about a new working paper that argues that consciousness may not be limited to Earth-like biology, raising the ...

There’s no data to suggest that aliens exist. However, if we believed they existed and came to Earth, our planet would offer ...

A nutrition scientist applies metabolism, biology and food science to one of science fiction's oldest questions.

Case in point: Scientists from Tokyo University and Hokkaido University in Japan stumbled across some mysterious jet-black ...

The best way to find alien technosignatures is to look for ones that have long survived their creators, according to a new ...

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has floated the provocative idea that humans might themselves be alien‑made 'autonomous probes,' built through advanced synthetic biology rather than evolving entirely ...

Professor Carol Oliver suggests that time dilation, a cosmic phenomenon, may deter aliens from visiting Earth, as ...