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As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...

For the first time, scientists have shown that ancient human DNA can survive for thousands of years on cave walls, opening new ways to study prehistoric human activity. This interdisciplinary study ...

Living cells constantly exchange ions (i.e., charged particles) via the thin barrier that surrounds their interior, known as ...

The big-idea explorers at Aperture dive into the most mind-bending thought experiments that continue to defy explanation and ...

American science is at a crossroads, but these extraordinary people, with their passion for knowledge and their dedication to ...

Ancestry test results now tell people, almost as a fun fact, that they carry a sliver of Neanderthal DNA. It has become a quirky line in a family report, a souvenir from a chapter that feels safely ...

There is something almost offensive about a sky so full of stars and so empty of company. That is what gives Richard ...

Seven organic molecules that have never been seen before on Mars just turned up inside a single rock — and one is a precursor ...

The New York Knicks have built a historic 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals, becoming just the third team in history to win the opening pair of games on the road. But their advantage in the series doesn’t ...

The results came back inconclusive, which suggests the mummies may not be of this Earth (Image: Shutterstock / videobuzzing) The enigma surrounding Peru's notorious "conehead" mummies has taken a ...

When the Trump administration registered the domains Aliens.gov and Alien.gov in March, UFO conspiracy theorists wondered whether they might finally get answers they’d long awaited. But coming on the ...