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 ...

The octopus is one of the strangest animals ever to evolve. With 500 million neurons—most of them located in its eight arms ...

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.

Nature harbours a chilling arsenal of predators that don’t just kill their prey — they dissolve it. These eight grisly ...

Here's a question that sounds like science fiction but is being asked in deadly earnest by serious philosophers. Does consciousness require flesh and blood? It's a question I wrestled with myself when ...

The sentiment that we know more about space than we do about the depths of our oceans has been debated for many years. Though it’s not completely true, it cannot be disputed that both the depths of ...

How Andy Nicholson and Jonathan Rothbart mixed the old with the new for FX's big-budget horror series "Alien: Earth" ...

Of course it’s too early to make Emmy predictions. May has barely begun. The nominations don’t come out until mid-July. Some of these shows haven’t premiered yet! All valid points. And yet what’s the ...

The hunt for humanity’s future home is no longer just science fiction. But the deeper you look, the less likely it seems that our best candidate will be a second Earth. Some of the most promising ...

American author Howard Phillips Lovecraft is now considered as a pioneer of modern horror fiction. Although controversial, Lovecraft was a seminal horror author and has influenced and inspired many ...