Does NASA have files on aliens? Jared Isaacman says no, and tells Ross Douthat on “Interesting Times” that extraterrestrials would pick a more exciting locale to visit than America’s naval bases.

Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate understanding of the ancient encounters that put it there.

When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo sapiens.

This is the definitive ranking of the best alien invasion movies of all time. In between those bookends, Lifeforce is one of the wildest, most unique, most incredible science fiction movies almost ...

The Khazar theory has a long history but was largely discredited with the advent of DNA analysis. Yet it has grown in ...

Both the UK and US Governments have pledged to end research using animals, but is such a goal realistic? And how might it change medical research? Talha Burki reports.

Bad Bunny took the stage at the 2026 Grammy Awards to accept the award for Best Música Urbana Album for his LP DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, but he wasn’t interested in the glitz and glamour of the ceremony ...

During the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, Elon Musk called human aging a “very solvable” problem. “When we figure out what causes aging, I think we’ll find it’s incredibly obvious,” the ...

In a bid to treat blindness, Life Biosciences will try out potent cellular reprogramming technology on volunteers. When Elon Musk was at Davos last week, an interviewer asked him if he thought aging ...

If humans ever receive a message from intelligent aliens, the biggest challenge may not be how far away they are, but how to communicate at all. Our nearest star system is more than four light-years ...

The recent visit to our solar system by the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has sparked speculation about whether it’s another frozen rock from a distant solar system or an alien craft. Though all ...

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The thought experiment suggests that we need to avoid human biases in our ...