Before the blood-chilling monster in "Alien" was designed by H.R. Giger, a couple of other ideas were considered that were ...

By studying large language models as if they were living things instead of computer programs, scientists are discovering some ...

Some wasps are unsettling, and then there are species so extreme that even the scientists who study them reach for words like ...

Players do get little glimpses of the Xenomorph before this point — they'll witness it kill an NPC with its tail, hear it ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Merch inspired by the Alien franchise is often hugely popular, something we were reminded of ...

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The ...

Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. If not, what does ...

We live in a very exciting time: answers to some of the oldest questions humanity has conceived are within our grasp. One of ...

Scientists have identified an unexpected way to study the hidden space weather of distant stars by observing strange, ...

Exceptionally preserved fossils from the Ediacaran period challenge what scientists thought was possible in sandstone. In the fossil record, creatures without hard shells or skeletons, such as ...

Cautionary tales in science fiction are warning us about turning sleep into a commodity. Here's why some of those fears ...

What would you do if you discovered that aliens were real, and a lot closer than you’d imagined? Would you be awestruck or terrified? That’s the premise of Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day, and in ...