Overview: A Landmark Year for Biodiversity The 12-month period from February 2025 to February 2026 was one of the most consequential in IUCN’s history. Against a backdrop of rapidly accelerating ...

Tardigrades are practically invincible on Earth, so scientists looked to outer space in search of their kryptonite.

I was trying to watch a TED Talk the other day — British mathematician Hannah Fry discussing ‘The Mathematics of Love’ — but ...

Around 1.7 billion years ago, eukaryotes—the building blocks of complex life—first appeared on Earth, and now scientists have ...

These are the toughest choices in modern games, decisions that will leave you feeling uncomfortable and questioning your ...

It is one of the most famous questions in science, and it was asked, as legend has it, over lunch. Enrico Fermi, the ...

An intriguing religious issue is raised by an odd space-age colloquy in mid-February between Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Out of the blue, political podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen asked Obama, “Are ...

If someone showed you photos of Onyx Cave without context, you’d probably assume they were concept art from the latest space ...

Tardigrades, a type of microscopic animal, can reveal information about how life interacts with simulated Martian mineral deposits. The three images on top are active tardigrades in a typical Earth ...

The historic Chateau at the Oregon Caves is an architectural gem that deserves recognition beyond its role as a place to ...

It’s hard for us to assert.” Bill Diamond, president and chief executive of SETI, told “Jesse Weber Live” on Friday.

There were schools of thought in Ancient Greece that speculated about extraterrestrial life, in trying to answer questions ...