For more than a century, the idea that life might have arrived on our planet from elsewhere in the cosmos sat at the fringes ...

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

While imperceptible to humans, these tiny delays are significant for experiments that rely on pulsars as ultra-precise cosmic ...

New research shows invasive species are reducing insect populations worldwide and weakening ecosystems people rely on.

On Earth, deep-sea vents may have given rise to the planet’s first life. But nothing of the sort seems to be happening at the ...

Genlisea, or the “corkscrew” carnivorous plant, doesn’t wait above ground to hunt. Here’s how it traps tiny prey right ...

By condensing the logic of the action, this anime adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s light novel undermines the story’s ...

Though fans have been aching for more Stranger Things, they should check out TV shows like From, Lost, and The X-Files. The ...

Clearing water-guzzling and soil-damaging alien invasive plants costs South Africa several hundred million rands every year.

Planets larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune – so called sub-Neptunes – are the most common type of known exoplanet. It ...

But can we use telescopes to detect whether any of these distant worlds also harbour life? A promising method is to analyse the gases present in the atmospheres of these planets. We now know of more ...