The universe is vast and teeming with stars – but if intelligent life exists, it may not be able to visit Earth.

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life.

Thanks to new technologies like artificial intelligence, scientists are increasingly freed from the constraints of the laboratory. It raises questions about how much humans should outsource to robots.

Well, well, well. CIA has been accused of gaining secret backdoor access to DNA databases from 23andMe and Ancestry.com to search for individuals with extraterrestrial DNA. Specifically, they’re ...

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Researchers hope to build a facility with thousands of robots capable of performing experiments independently by 2040.

Now, some of the most graphic, most extreme, crazy, gory, and messed-up things ever displayed on a screen can be found in science fiction television. Did you watch Fringe? The first two seasons of ...

Orbit Robotics' Helios uses tendon-driven arms to move through microgravity and handle cargo. Maintenance alone eats 35% of crew time in orbit.

Not every alien is trying to invade Earth, but if you're looking for the thrills and danger of an alien invasion, you can't ...

Elon Musk posted on social media last summer, “We are all dumb meat computers compared to digital superintelligence.” Andrej ...

THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU is action-packed and has some funny, heartwarming moments, with no foul language. It also has strong positive themes about fighting tyranny and evil, doing the right thing, ...