Erich von Däniken, who has died aged 90, was among the first writers to suggest that human civilisation, and even human ...

From Borg battles to impossible moral choices, these are the 'Star Trek' episodes that define the hit sci-fi franchise.

Consciousness could be a fundamental part of reality, like gravity or matter, according to this controversial theory.

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

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In a breakthrough that sounds closer to science fiction than laboratory routine, Japanese researchers have created mice whose ...