The idea that octopuses might be aliens emerged from the theory of panspermia (Stelele 2018), according to which life on Earth is not entirely of terrestrial ...

Avi Loeb, a Harvard astronomer who has made headlines with his theories about alien encounters, will lead a White House ...

Avi Loeb is leading a new Science Advisory Council tasked with finding the origin of unidentified objects spotted by military pilots and others. It's part of a broader White House effort studying ...

The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...

Is it a bird? Is it an alien? No, it’s just a dog with a shuttlecock! Watch this hilarious visual trickery that will make you ...

A doctor has made claims about the afterlife after suggesting that horrific near-death experiences involving visions of hell ...

The first randomized, controlled trial for a common childhood eating disorder has shown how therapists and parents can help those struggling with the condition, known as avoidant restrictive food ...

There’s no data to suggest that aliens exist. However, if we believed they existed and came to Earth, our planet would offer ...

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

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.

A large analysis of brain imaging and clinical data from more than 17,000 older adults is revealing a more complex picture of Alzheimer’s disease risk across populations.

Deep within the dark caves of northeastern Mexico lives a fish that has spent hundreds of thousands of years adapting to a world without light. The blind Mexican cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus) has ...