Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

The use of poison on arrows marked a revolution in human hunting technology—new evidence suggests it happened tens of ...

Abstract: Experiment is one of the necessary conditions for scientific progress. For cognitive science, neuroscience, biomedical science and other human-related disciplines, experiments involving ...

Since Viking 1 landed in 1976, humans have studied Mars from afar, relying on rovers and orbiters to analyze the planet. But ...

In the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Willy Wonka teleports a larger-than-life candy bar (and a small child) across the room into a television set. The idea of instantly transporting ...

When ET phones home, it could be his last call. Contrary to sci-fi movie depictions, our first contact might not be with a super advanced alien civilization at the height of power. Rather, Ivy League ...

Texas authorities arrested a suspected caretaker and discovered 17 individuals illegally present during a human smuggling operation in Laredo on Tuesday.

A quiet Air Force posting in the Nevada desert turns into something far darker when a soldier stumbles into a presence he can’t explain. He describes pale, towering beings with white hair and silver ...

The former President of a Russian Republic, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, recently doubled down on his previous claim of having been abducted by aliens. Not only that, but he also claimed these same aliens ...

For ecologists, the Covid-19 pandemic has presented a remarkable natural experiment in what can happen to wild animals when humans stay home. By Emily Anthes About two decades ago, the dark-eyed junco ...