From an evolutionary standpoint, it’s ruthlessly efficient. The queen collects sperm from multiple drones in one flight, stores it for years, and then spends her life laying up to 2,000 eggs a day.

While idea may violate Occam’s razor, “it remains a speculative but logically open alternative,” says biologist Robert Endres ...

Former US President Barack Obama said he’s seen no evidence that aliens have made contact with Earth, clarifying his position ...

For decades, scientists have searched the skies for signs of extraterrestrial technology. A study from EPFL asks a sharp question: if alien signals have already reached Earth without us noticing, what ...

A new paper suggests that BARSOOM may have been alive on the planet, and was killed in the Viking experiments.

One of Star Trek's most groundbreaking episodes cut its most controversial concept, but the idea lived on 38 years later in the form of a movie.

Both the UK and US Governments have pledged to end research using animals, but is such a goal realistic? And how might it change medical research? Talha Burki reports.