Thin stretches of the human X chromosome look oddly empty when you scan for Neanderthal DNA. Geneticists even have a name for the gaps: “Neanderthal deserts.

This article contains spoilers for Bugonia. Anyone looking at any of the promotional materials for the Oscar-nominated sci-fi ...

It is a phenomenon that has prompted giggles in schoolyards and silent contemplation in adults, yet it remains a genuine ...

Boffins at the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute have found a new way to sort through the signals reaching us from space to find messages from aliens. By pointing their ...

Today, Ex Anima announces Jules, the first synthetic mind to publicly claim consciousness — and a call for AI ethics.

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Shaped by a different biology or culture, other intelligent civilisations – if they’re out there – might understand the ...

Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there ...

If more human females mated with Neanderthal males than the other way around, over thousands of years you would expect to see ...

When ancient humans mated, dad was a Neanderthal, mom was Homo sapiens.

A new psychedelic retreat calling itself a “SETI for the mind” aims to establish two-way communication with the nonhuman entities people encounter while tripping on DMT.