The idea was that as an alien civilization advances, its technology becomes too sophisticated for us to detect. We could ...

Global temperature increases over the past thirty years, visualized. Credit: NOAA/NCEI Earth's average global temperatures have been steadily increasing since the Industrial Revolution. According to ...

In the grand sweep of Earth’s four-billion-year history, 300 years is barely a blink. And yet, that blink — our industrial era — has already reshaped the atmosphere, oceans, and sediments. If ...

A new study argues that conditions necessary for intelligent extraterrestrial life may be far less common than once thought. Planets lacking plate tectonics and sufficient carbon dioxide and oxygen ...

The unearthing of ancient ruins beneath desert sands is a thrilling development in archaeology, offering revolutionary insights into the sophisticated cultures of bygone civilizations. The Role of ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

“Two possibilities exist,” physicist and science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke once wrote. “Either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” Chinese science-fiction ...

NASA’s discovery of potential evidence of ancient life on Mars means “our galaxy could be teeming with life,” says a ...