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.

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 ...

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

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 a rare ...

Disclosure Day stars Josh O'Connor as Daniel Kellner, a cybersecurity expert who decides to blow the whistle on his employer, Wardex. That's a powerful agency, operating outside the boundaries of the ...

Earlier this year, former President Obama made waves in an interview when he said that he believed aliens were real, though he hadn't seen any evidence of them during his time in office. President ...