What starts as a fun question quickly turns into a fascinating debate about intelligence, evolution, and how humans really compare to other minds. The answer is not as obvious as most people think.

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An international research team led by the University of Vienna has produced, for the first time, high-resolution global maps ...

In 'Project Hail Mary,' a human and an alien figure out how to cooperate across space. In real life, we can't see that fellow ...

An international research team led by the University of Vienna has produced, for the first time, high-resolution global maps ...

Convergent evolution shows how life on Earth often develops similar traits under similar conditions—raising the question of ...

The Burlington sculptor’s ceramic creatures include monsters, aliens, politicians and middle-aged women: All are weird, funny and demand a close look.

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As the science fiction author publishes the latest novel in his Children of Time series, Children of Strife, he talks to ...

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