Discoveries from the Isle of Wight have unveiled ancient shellfish fossils that highlight early parental care practices.

The Supreme Court last week upheld birthright citizenship in the U.S. so it’s pretty obviously time to bring you Part Two of ...

Ridley Scott’s Alien epic franchise is growing all over the world almost as fast as the Xenomorphs in the movies. Scott is preparing to release Alien: Covenant, the sixth film in the Alien franchise, ...

A siphonophore—a colonial marine invertebrate related to the venomous stinging Portuguese Man-o-war—is scanned using Deep ...

A rare Neanderthal fetus reveals that many traits distinguishing Neanderthals from modern humans likely developed only after birth.

Could humans spread Earth life beyond our planet? Astrobiologists explain where extremophiles might survive and why the risks ...

Thus far, our search for extraterrestrial life points toward Clarke’s former point, suggesting that our little blue dot is ...

A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s ...

Avi Loeb, a Harvard astronomer who has made headlines with his theories about alien encounters, will lead a White House ...

A polarizing Harvard astronomer has been appointed to lead a Trump administration panel studying UFOs. Avi Loeb is leading a ...

But new evidence has started to challenge the notion that human childbirth is uniquely dangerous. A new paper published today ...

Like many great directors, Steven Spielberg has something of an allergy to sequels. Among his 35 features, the moviemaker has made a lone direct sequel—1997’s “The Lost World: Jurassic Park”—and ...