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

Project Hail Mary had a strong theatrical rollout. It's earned praise from critics, performed well at the box office and even surpassed the novel it’s based on in certain respec ...

The Cluster is a form of life organized on principles so different from anything on Earth that understanding it requires ...

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope on exoplanet K2-18b has revealed the "strongest hints yet of biological activity ...

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

From mosquitoes to bed bugs, parasites have always stuck close to humanity, and they continue to shape our lives to this day, ...

A well-worn expression among oceanographers and others who explore the watery depths of planet Earth is that we humans “know the surface of Mars better than our ocean floors.” Covering more than 70 ...

In the book version of “Project Hail Mary,” author Andy Weir, known for grounding his fiction in plausible science, describes ...

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

Researchers propose turning a future NASA moon base into a quarantine station that would screen space samples before they ever reach Earth.

The first six months of 2026 have produced four stand-out sci-fi movies – and they all have one thing in common, says Bethan ...

Eight years and a move to London later, I’ve now got my own floristry business and studio. It was an accidental destiny, I think. Chiswick House and Gardens, which has “one of the oldest collections ...