Thomas Mulligan investigates the sophisticated technologies and astronomical investments driving the relentless global search for extraterrestrial civilizations.

The curious minds at What If explore what would happen if you mated with an alien.

William Shatner appeared to have the charm dialed all the way up on Saturday as he had CNN’s Laura Coates and Brianna Keilar laughing at nearly every word during a Star Trek lightning round. Shatner ...

A mind wrapped in skin and bone can feel like the obvious model for consciousness. But that assumption may say more about ...

Octopuses, bees, and dogs all process information differently. Even within the narrow confines of one planet, evolution produced a wide range of nervous systems rather than a single design. A new ...

What if consciousness isn’t limited to brains like ours? Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that ...

Over three days at the American Diabetes Association’s annual scientific conference, I glimpsed our post-fat future.

With the release of Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s new film about aliens, a question as old as science fiction itself resurfaces: if aliens were to arrive on Earth, would they come to conquer us, ...

A duathlete who was taken to hospital with inflammation of the brain so severe he said it felt like there was “an alien trying to get out” of his head has shared what it was like to receive his rare ...

A duathlete was rushed to hospital with brain inflammation so severe he described it as feeling like there was "an alien trying to get out" of his head. He has now opened up about what it was like to ...

A duathlete who was rushed to hospital with such severe brain inflammation that he described the sensation as feeling like there was "an alien trying to get out" of his head has opened up about ...