Those are spooky Fermi paradox solutions to contemplate indeed. But if they’re a little too sci-fi for your taste, new research funded by NASA from the SETI Institute provides a physics-based solution ...

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Three striking new species of rock-dwelling monitor lizards have been formally described from the savannas of northeastern ...

When New Scientist reporter James Woodford was assigned to a story about a virus designed to kill rabbits, he never expected to be accused of spreading it ...

When people think about famous dinosaurs, predators and giants usually dominate the spotlight. Yet one plant-eater managed to stand out from the crowd - Parasaurolophus, a hadrosaur with one of the ...

UFO discussions have long been part of the milieu at the Conscious Life Expo, which convenes thousands of New Age spiritual seekers in Los Angeles each year. But in the conference’s 24th year, ...

Reacher’s Alan Ritchson takes on alien robots in an action thriller that benefits from some better-than-usual streaming special effects ...

Source: Dr Sam Robinson Scientists studying venomous insects made an unexpected discovery inside a simple lunchbox container ...

Archerfish flout the unspoken laws of nature, where fish hunt in water, and everything else hunts… well, everywhere else!

Nocturnal insects may use both Earth's magnetic field and visual cues to guide their migratory flight behaviors, according to recent findings. The research, published in eLife, presents compelling ...

By drawing water into an internal, muscular cavity and forcefully expelling it through a flexible, narrow tube, known as a siphon, cephalopods are able to create forward thrust, propelling themselves ...

Far beneath the ocean’s surface, where sunlight never reaches and temperatures soar near underwater volcanoes, life still ...