A team at IBM Research has assembled a strange new ring-shaped molecule that bends around like a more complicated Möbius strip ...

In Amiri’s calculations, Dyson spheres around white dwarfs tend to produce cooler, fainter thermal emission that peaks in the near- to mid-infrared, while M-dwarf cases can radiate more strongly but ...

The Antscan database captures the tiny insects’ diversity and shows how the world’s living things could be rendered in three dimensions.

Assuming intelligent aliens know how to harvest energy from stars, would humanity be able to spot these high-level structures?

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Government officials have said little about Trump’s most recent social media post on the matter. The president cited “tremendous interest” in the files, whatever they might contain. Perhaps the most ...

If you find a book online and have your suspicions around AI, the best thing you can do is search the author's name. An internet search should direct you to a website or publisher information, but if ...

A new psychedelic retreat calling itself a “SETI for the mind” aims to establish two-way communication with the nonhuman entities people encounter while tripping on DMT.

Crystal jellyfish have an eerie beauty: thanks to a natural protein, they emit a faint green glow. For decades, researchers have used that green fluorescent protein and similar molecules to light up ...

Shaped by a different biology or culture, other intelligent civilisations – if they’re out there – might understand the ...

Bugonia is about beekeeper and conspiracy theorist Teddy (Jesse Plemons), who is convinced that the head of a large pharma ...