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

In Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa, burned bones were found in a dirt layer associated with Homo erectus. The inhabitants ...

Humans and great apes have been giggling in similar ways since branching off the evolutionary tree, a new study suggests. How ...

As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...

Designing healthy relationships between humans and AI will require formalizing business practices. The future of work is ...

We've hooked up some machinery,” said Tommy, “that amounts to a mechanical translator… When you're ready to talk to the skipper of the other ship, sir, I ...

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

Two scientists want NASA to build a quarantine lab for alien germs on the Moon, rather than on Earth. The pair, ...

This novel is nominally about an interstellar voyage. It’s actually about sex, love, God, and the problem of evil.

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination ...

12 years is a long wait to play the sequel to one of your favourite games of all time. During that decade-plus stretch, I’ve re-played the original Alien: Isolation multiple times, analysed its ...

Steven Spielberg says he "would not be the right person" to serve as an ambassador for humanity when we meet aliens. The filmmaker says that he "would really look forward to" a real-life Disclosure ...