In the book version of “Project Hail Mary,” author Andy Weir, known for grounding his fiction in plausible science, describes ...

This potentially all-female burial site opens up new questions regarding Homo naledi’s culture and social structure. If the ...

A mind wrapped in skin and bone can feel like the obvious model for consciousness. But that assumption may say more about where you live than about what consciousness really requires.

DNA from ancient humans has been found on a prehistoric cave painting and on cave walls, demonstrating the potential to one ...

Rebecca Budgen is a writer and multidisciplinary artist from the UK who graduated with an MA in Creative Writing and a Creative Arts BA from Aberystwyth University. Their work often explores mental ...

A column by Winona LaDuke, an Ojibwe writer and economist on Minnesota’s White Earth Reservation. She also is co-curator of ...

For the first time, scientists have shown that ancient human DNA can survive for thousands of years on cave walls, opening ...

What if consciousness isn’t limited to brains like ours? Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that ...

A biologist specializing in invasive species has partnered with a former Pentagon strategist in pushing NASA to construct a ...

Alien director Ridley Scott eventually returned to the franchise, but couldn't complete his ambitious plans. Here's what his ...

Is the rest of the cosmos a pristine environment awaiting the arrival of humanity’s “post-human” descendants? Or is advanced ...

The Alien franchise has become synonymous with the deadly Xenomorph, with the predatory alien race becoming utterly iconic in ...