The fictional biologist in ‘Project Hail Mary’ claims that potential alien organisms might not be made of carbon or require water, unlike life on Earth.

Astrobiologist and planetary scientist Mike Wong is a big fan of Rocky’s non-traditional look, because it points to the fact that evolution is often random.

The history of Earth is written on the great tablets of tectonic plates. The motions of plates shaped land masses, formed ...

" Project Hail Mary ", the new movie based on author Andy Weir's book of the same name, is a wild romp through the cosmos.

A Harvard physicist who once accepted evolution without question says a surprising encounter with faith forced him to rethink ...

It lasted only seconds, but it’s already the clip dominating timelines, cable news chyrons and campaign strategy sessions. Midway through his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump turned ...

Feb. 14, 2008: Megan Burns, Vince Kadlubek and Matt Smith, co-founders of new artist collective Meow Wolf, open an all-ages art and music venue on Second Street with a new installation, Meowzorz, by ...

A full human evolution timeline is laid out from early apes through hominins and multiple Homo species. Definitions of hominids and hominins are clarified, then key branches and dates are mapped ...

I don`t know what to think of Mark Kermode as a critic , he`s far better than the egocentric and sycophantic Johnathan Ross but nowhere near as good as the brilliant and witty Barry Norman . Kermode ...

One obstacle to figuring out why, exactly, parts of the American government have developed a strange fascination with “unidentified aerial phenomena” and “nonhuman intelligence” — in lay terms, ...