New research shows many people vastly underestimate other people's beliefs in extraterrestrial life. Is social stigma keeping ...

One of the consultants on Close Encounters was Dr. J. Allen Hynek, the head of an Air Force investigation called Project Blue ...

As models like Gemini and Claude evolve, their simulated personalities can drift in strange directions—raising deeper questions about how AI systems think and decide.

A new psychedelic retreat calling itself a “SETI for the mind” aims to establish two-way communication with the nonhuman entities people encounter while tripping on DMT.

Shaped by a different biology or culture, other intelligent civilisations – if they’re out there – might understand the ...

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Well, today is Valentine's Day, which means love and connection are on people's minds, and I recently met someone who studies one form of affection, kissing. Matilda Brindle is an evolutionary ...

It's a question that's been debated and debunked for decades: Are aliens real? The word "alien" can create mental images of different creatures in people's heads thanks to Hollywood − gentle and ...

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(via Be Smart) Ant bridges, bee hives, bird flocks, fish schools and more all demonstrate how intelligent behavior can emerge from pretty stupid animals, and how that strange intelligence can solve ...

During the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, Elon Musk called human aging a “very solvable” problem. “When we figure out what causes aging, I think we’ll find it’s incredibly obvious,” the ...