From isolated lunar bases to interstellar odysseys and distant galaxies, these 15 films explore humanity’s courage, survival ...

By reconstructing ancient nitrogen-processing enzymes, scientists are uncovering new clues about how early life survived on a very different Earth.

In Ridley Scott’s ALIEN, the audience isn’t introduced to the Xenomorph right off the bat, but to the glorious Nostromo travelling through space. Utilizing industrial scrap and ...

A new study shows cultural evolution helped humans expand across Earth far faster than genetic change alone could achieve.

Evidence of alien life or cosmic pyramid scheme? A documentary filmmaker sparked a discussion of advanced Martian ...

The Asheville Pinball Museum is where grown adults rediscover their competitive spirit and kids learn that gaming existed before touchscreens. Downtown Asheville hides this treasure behind windows ...

Your thumbs remember things your brain forgot, like the exact rhythm needed to execute a perfect hadouken. The National ...

Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about ...

The blooming of a titan arum, or corpse plant, is a spectacle like none other in the plant world. With its putrid stench, ...

The molten planet, with an atmosphere rich in sulfur-bearing gases, is unlike anything astronomers have ever smelled.

A warehouse worker, Teddy (played by Jesse Plemons), accuses high-powered CEO Michelle (Emma Stone) of being an ...

Scientists rebuilt the face of “Little Foot,” a 3.67-million-year-old fossil, uncovering new clues about early human ...