Are we alone in the universe? Consider mysterious "extraterrestrial" radio signals. Unexplained gases on other planets.

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A siphonophore—a colonial marine invertebrate related to the venomous stinging Portuguese Man-o-war—is scanned using Deep ...

Having considered more than 1,000 cases, this analyst of unidentified anomalous phenomena has honed a rational process for ...

A fishing trip of the California coast last week produced an extraordinary catch: a type of octopus that constructs its own shell to ride ocean currents.

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The octopus is one of the strangest creatures on Earth. With 500 million neurons, the ability to change color in milliseconds, and arms that can think and act independently, it challenges almost ...

12 years is a long wait to play the sequel to one of your favourite games of all time. During that decade-plus stretch, I’ve re-played the original Alien: Isolation multiple times, analysed its ...

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Are humans alone in the universe? The answer is more complicated than science fiction might suggest. Scientists have discovered billions upon billions of potentially habitable planets. But if life is ...