In these science fiction books, extraterrestrial beings are sympathetic, horrifying and everything in between.

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As the historic lunar flyby comes to a close, space companies and nations around the world are also shooting for the moon.

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Beyond moon photos, NASA's AVATAR experiment on Artemis II uses astronaut blood samples on chips to study and solve space's ...

AI models can analyze images that don't exist, new research shows, raising big questions about how they work and well they ...

The Education Department has launched “yet another investigation" into Fairfax County, Virginia, after reports of an adult ...

The FDA has released draft guidance that aims to clear up how drug developers can use alternative testing – but that doesn’t mean animal testing in the US is over.

Movies like "Disclosure Day" and "Project Hail Mary" renew our fascination with extraterrestrials and the idea that humankind ...

Photograph of three male zebra finches (Taeniopygia castanotis). In this study, more than 4,000 human participants from around the world were presented with pairs of animal sounds from 16 different ...

Photograph of three male zebra finches (Taeniopygia castanotis), whose mating calls were used as part of the study. Credit: Raina Fan. The bright colors of butterfly wings, the sweet aromas of flowers ...

Debunking alien claims matters, but so does telling richer, more compelling stories about how humans shaped their own past.