Finding life beyond our solar system goes beyond measuring an exoplanet's size, as rocky, Earth-sized worlds might not have ...

Sperm may lose their ability to navigate in microgravity, raising new questions about whether human reproduction is possible ...

A new experiment showed that humans may be able to reproduce in space, paving the way for self-sustaining colonies.

On Earth human sperm tend to know where to go when it comes to fertilizing an egg in utero. But that may not be the case in ...

A 20-year study has shown that, like photocopying photocopies, cloning doesn't produce perfect copies – with big implications ...

Project Hail Mary Astrophage explained in detail. Discover the star-eating microbe, its dangers, powers, and role in Ryan ...

Scientists recreated a life-size oviraptor nest to understand how these dinosaurs hatched their eggs. Their experiments ...

For nearly five decades, Steven Spielberg has helped define what alien stories mean to movie audiences. Sometimes they arrive as cosmic miracles. Sometimes as existential threats. Sometimes as ...

Scarlett Howard currently has funding from the Australian Research Council and the Hermon Slade Foundation. Adrian Dyer receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the Alexander von ...

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The thought experiment suggests that we need to avoid human biases in our ...

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Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...