With three hearts, blue blood and arms that appear to think independently, the octopus may be one of Earth’s strangest creatures—rewriting what scientists thought intelligence.

Octopuses are among the strangest animals ever discovered. They have 3 hearts, blue blood, and a nervous system so complex ...

Homeland Security Secretary Mullin may have been misinterpreted when saying Haitians facing deportation can apply to remain ...

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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.

Explore why alien life may think and behave like octopuses, whose unusual biology evolved along a path unlike almost any ...

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

The Supreme Court held Thursday that, for the purposes of federal immigration law, asylum-seekers do not arrive in the United ...

DC is setting up a superhero TV future that no other major comic book franchise is matching right now.

It sounds crazy, but famed Star Wars creator George Lucas actually lent his pipes to an undisclosed character in Minions & ...

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