The curious minds at What If explore what would happen if you mated with an alien.

That little alien emoji staring back from your phone, with its smooth, bulbous head and almond-shaped black eyes, has ...

Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry used Leonard Nimoy's Spock as a way to express one of the franchise's core ideas without ...

For the first time, scientists have shown that ancient human DNA can survive for thousands of years on cave walls, opening new ways to study prehistoric human activity. This interdisciplinary study ...

From "Independence Day" to "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", movies and TV shows are packed with advice for anyone aspiring to conquer this unassuming blue dot.

An international team of cave explorers has shown that cave walls and the prehistoric rock art that adorns them can preserve human DNA for thousands of years. Using sterilized scalpels and two layers ...

In a first, scientists recovered human DNA from ancient cave paintings, a breakthrough that could open new ways to investigate prehistoric human activity by enabling caves to act as “genetic archives” ...

Some of these approaches may show promise, but new research indicates much of today’s AI is even more easily duped by false positives than their human operators. “No matter what sequence of commands ...

Scientists have long been fascinated by prehistoric cave art, which offers a rare glimpse into the creative minds of our ancestors. Now, they might finally be able to “meet” some of the artists who ...

Thousands of people have reported UFOs or alien encounters in Northern California. That number could soon go up.