Their presence pits the values of traditional conservation where it’s okay to kill animals against those of compassionate ...

Starting in the 1970s, researchers identified a beautiful system of specialised cells in the hippocampus (the brain’s memory ...

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SETI’s senior astronomer explains how colossal artifacts could be the key to finding extraterrestrial life, past or present.

Astronomers recently announced a tantalizing discovery: using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers detected potential ...

Public perceptions of alien life, shaped largely by science fiction, often revolve around images of humanoid beings or caricatures of animals roaming ... the team behind the concept argues ...

The “zoo” hypothesis: Advanced aliens may choose not to interfere with humanity, observing us from a distance like animals in ...

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The mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus), discovered only in 1998, possesses abilities that would make any shapeshifting alien envious ... colors and textures but can impersonate other marine animals ...

Two small clinical trials revive hope for an old idea: Cells injected into the brain might replace the nerve cells that die in Parkinson’s disease. The studies, published April 16 in Nature ...

Set in an alternate version of feudal Japan, the series follows an alien soldier who crash-lands ... blending anthropomorphic animals with traditional Japanese folklore, and the background art ...