The question of whether aliens exist is not a new one. In science fiction films and books, people have wondered if we’re the only life in this universe and what that can imply for universes beyond ...

The deepest, most remote parts of the ocean still remain alien to our eyes.

Astrobiology—the study of life in the universe, from how it began and evolved to how it might take shape elsewhere—is the ...

It would probably not be the first question we asked, and it would not be the most urgent. But it could be one of the most revealing. Did another intelligent species develop ideas about gods, souls, ...

A lot of folks, human and otherwise, seem very interested in getting their hands on the newly crash-landed alien specimens. What could go wrong? By Sean T. Collins The “Alien” franchise explores two ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about education, edtech and higher education. Samples tested for toxic metals at a lab of Columbia University in New York, ...