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

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In the movie Hoppers, scientists “hop” human consciousness into animal-like robots to talk to other species. We asked the ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

Scientists tested whether microbes can survive the shock of a planetary impact and found some may endure the violent launch into space.

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 ...

Studying how honeybees process information may help humans communicate with aliens, according to a new thought experiment. Although the ancestors of honeybees and humans diverged in evolution more ...

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 ...

Scarlett Howard currently has funding from the Australian Research Council and the Hermon Slade Foundation. Adrian Dyer receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the Alexander von ...

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 ...

When ET phones home, it could be his last call. Contrary to sci-fi movie depictions, our first contact might not be with a super advanced alien civilization at the height of power. Rather, Ivy League ...

Abstract: Although Bayesian interaction primitives exhibit strong capabilities in skill learning and reproduction for physical human–robot interactions, they require extensive demonstrations and fail ...