With its threats of climate doom and malevolent AI takeovers, the 21st century has all the terror you’ll ever need. But if ...

Scientists have identified an unexpected way to study the hidden space weather of distant stars by observing strange, ...

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A boon to robins, gardeners, farmers, fishermen and even grizzlies, earthworms aerate the soil and bore underground avenues for plant roots and water. Ever since Darwin demonstrated in 1881 that the ...

Beneath Europa's icy shell lies an ocean vaster than Earth's. But is its hidden world buzzing with life, or silent as the ...

A selection of the best wisecracks, interjections, one-liners and sledges from the year in Tasmanian politics: ...

"Star Trek" is home to countless alien species, many of whom offer beloved characters. Some are not. We rank the 10 most disturbing alien races in the galaxy.

When ET phones home, it could be his last call. Contrary to sci-fi movie depictions, our first contact might not be with a super advanced alien civilization at the height of power. Rather, Ivy League ...

The search for life beyond our solar system heated up this year when scientists reported a tantalising signal from an exoplanet of a molecule that is known to be produced exclusively by life on Earth.

Americans are becoming more open to the idea that aliens have visited Earth, according to a series of polls that show belief in alien visitation has been steadily on the rise since 2012. Moreover, ...