Large language models have grown so vast and complex that even the people who build them no longer fully understand how they work. A single modern ...

Exceptionally preserved fossils from the Ediacaran period challenge what scientists thought was possible in sandstone. In the fossil record, creatures without hard shells or skeletons, such as ...

Some animals on Earth look so unusual that they appear almost alien. Their shapes, movements, and survival strategies challenge familiar ideas of what life should look like. Scientists study these ...

New method reveals chemical signs of early microbial life in ancient Earth rocks, showing photosynthesis evolved much earlier ...

A group of Australian scientists have revealed how we may be able to learn to speak with aliens, and the answer is found ...

While late M-stars are the easiest places to find Earth-sized planets, a new study suggests they are biological dead ends where animal life may never find enough fuel to evolve.

Let me demonstrate what Xenopurge is with a quick story. I was on a mission to collect a package. My three squaddies were ...

In Marvel Comics, the symbiote has never belonged to just one body. While Eddie Brock is the most famous host, the alien ...