The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...

Today:Early fog in the far southwest clears quickly. Most areas stay dry with sunshine and variable cloud, though northern and northeastern regions may see isolated showers. Light winds overall, ...

(Corrects paragraph 13 to clarify that it was lawmakers who had concerns about telecommunications companies, not the Brennan Center experts who cited those concerns; adds dropped word 'teams' in ...

Just over 40 years ago, in his novel Contact, astronomer Carl Sagan imagined what it would be like to detect radio signals beamed from other intelligent lifeforms in the galaxy. In the story, these ...

In 1980, two US airmen reported an extraordinary encounter near a military base in the east of England. What really happened? In 1996, Nick Pope wrote his first book. Open Skies, Closed Minds was a ...

The Islanders didn’t have much by way of offense Thursday night in Alberta. But they escaped Edmonton with two points and a 1-0 win over an Oilers squad that had ...

Last month the Supreme Court ruled that the word “woman” in equality law does not apply to transgender women. The five-judge panel ruled unanimously that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality ...

An analysis of species-based conservation projects over a 25-y period reveals larger and deeper taxonomic biases in funding than previously described, impeding effective biodiversity conservation.

Sigal Samuel is a correspondent for Vox’s Future Perfect. She writes primarily about the future of consciousness, tracking advances in artificial intelligence and neuroscience and their staggering ...

These messages might just be shots in the dark. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In the early 19th century, Austrian astronomer ...