Suppose an alien civilization discovers Earth and decides to investigate. Before it chooses a landing site or considers how to introduce itself, it faces a less dramatic question: how much mass should ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Sunday the city will launch an investigation into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent’s shooting of a criminal illegal migrant and the NYPD’s response. The ...

In August, a clip of the then-unnamed game Needle in a Haystack Simulator blew up for being exactly what it sounds like: a tedious incremental sim that tasks players with finding a needle in a ...

If the Milky Way ever hosted a star-faring civilization, its most durable monument may not be a beacon, a ruined spacecraft or a city-size machine. It may be dust. A team of researchers argues that ...

Let's pretend that you want to figure out why alien civilizations have not yet made contact with our little island Earth, a concept called the Fermi paradox. One possibility is that they're out there, ...

Two major alien-life announcements in 2025 generated enormous excitement, but most astrobiologists remained unconvinced. Only 6.6% of surveyed experts thought possible biological molecules on K2-18b ...

Lisa Nordin is an actress, writer, and fan of all things performing arts. Her favorite genres are Sci-Fi and Fantasy. She is a self-published author and enjoys exploring how fictional stories help ...

Digging through a mountain of hay to find one tiny needle sounds tedious on paper, but Roblox’s Search For The Needle turns that setting into a surprisingly relaxing time-attack game. You burrow ...

Seven Rasmussen, an astrobiologist and author of the new book Cloudy with a Chance of Starships, gives readers a tour of the astonishing science behind modern searches for alien life We’ve been ...

The founder of a Seattle nonprofit that cleans up discarded drug paraphernalia distributed through city and county harm reduction programs says she was stunned to learn her organization is now under ...

Nails the look, feel, and sound of Aliens. You’re never really comfortable, in a good way. The Specialist class that lets you custom-assemble your own class is the way to go. James Cameron has ...

The Houston Astros’ managerial search has sparked speculation about Albert Pujols, whose connection to new general manager Randy Flores adds intrigue to the opening. Flores’ arrival gives Houston a ...