The science-fiction film Project Hail Mary sees Ryan Gosling go to space in a state of suspended animation. But does the science suggest that’s possible?

A small group of distant worlds may hold the clues to life beyond Earth. Astronomers searching for life beyond Earth have narrowed down the most promising places to look. Out of more than 6,000 known ...

The FDA has released draft guidance that aims to clear up how drug developers can use alternative testing – but that doesn’t mean animal testing in the US is over.

This study ranks Florida among the top states for alien abduction reports, where you have 1 in 1,102 odds of an extraterrestrial beaming you up.

The film that follows — flatly repetitive with far too many wildly misguided and self-serious moments — is turgid from start ...

Project Hail Mary Astrophage explained in detail. Discover the star-eating microbe, its dangers, powers, and role in Ryan ...

A web of EEG electrodes covered Anton Bilton’s scalp like a jeweled headdress. The machine would map his brain activity while the potent psychedelic dimethyltryptamine, commonly known as DMT, coursed ...

The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we dive into fascinating ideas from around the universe. You can sign up for Lost in Space-Time here. Modern physics ...

I don’t know how likely extraterrestrial life might be. But no matter what, the truth of Christianity will stand. This is how strange our times are: Last week, two United States presidents engaged the ...

In this study, the researchers note that rather than think of it as a "human versus machine" investigation, the work should instead highlight AI's ability to assist people in creative endeavors. “By ...

Abstract: The motion reproduction system (MRS) transfers human dexterous motion skills to robots. Compared with other machine learning-based methods, it has an advantage in terms of the number of data ...

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 ...