Humans have practiced head shaping for tens of thousands of years, and anthropologists are beginning to uncover clues as to ...

Shaped by a different biology or culture, other intelligent civilisations – if they’re out there – might understand the ...

A new psychedelic retreat calling itself a “SETI for the mind” aims to establish two-way communication with the nonhuman entities people encounter while tripping on DMT.

Looking for molecular evidence of life on other worlds is tricky, but a test based on the reactivity of carbon compounds ...

Emma Stone’s hard-faced corporate CEO has a lot of explaining to do when she is kidnapped by Jesse Plemons’s conspiracy kook. But in this film, asking whether someone is an alien seems an ordinary inq ...

Beyond that, in the decades to come, we might be able to see the colours of an exoplanet’s surface, and determine if plant life might be present there. And then we can search for changes in a planet’s ...

A viral podcast moment last month reignited speculation about extraterrestrials and prompted President Donald Trump’s commitment to kickstarting the release of government files on flying saucers. But ...

As any nerd can tell you, 1982 was perhaps the greatest year in nerd media history. The consensus on this matter is so pervasive that the CW produced and aired the documentary "Greatest Geek Year Ever ...

Now is the perfect time to binge Netflix’s ambitious sci-fi series 3 Body Problem before the story continues with its highly anticipated 2026 return.

Michael Pollan tells Scientific American why the science of consciousness may ultimately be too subject to our own conscious ...

The fossilised bones of our ancestors remain silent. So, how can we possibly imagine what our earliest languages sounded like ...

The views from up in the trees showcase the beautiful southern Indiana landscape, with its rolling hills and forests creating ...