Sputnik skies to analysis of interstellar visitors, scientists are rethinking how and where to look for physical traces of ...

Consciousness could be a fundamental part of reality, like gravity or matter, according to this controversial theory.

A major claim in the older media cycle was that NASA removed the book and related materials. Whatever happened during the original wave of reporting, the current reality is clear: NASA now provides an ...

Erich von Daeniken, renowned for popularizing ancient-alien theories, has passed away at 90, leaving a controversial legacy.

Artificial intelligence systems that look nothing alike on the surface are starting to behave as if they share a common ...

Brain–computer interfaces are beginning to truly "understand" Chinese. The INSIDE Institute for NeuroAI, in collaboration with Huashan Hospital affiliated with Fudan University, the National Center ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Welcome to our end-of-year Decoder special! Senior producers Kate Cox and Nick Statt here. We’ve had a big year, ...

Colossal Biosciences is pulling one final surprise out of its hat in 2025. Announced today, the company’s nonprofit arm—The Colossal Foundation—secured an additional $50 million in funding, doubling ...

Steven Spielberg is synonymous with science fiction, and he’s especially associated with sci-fi stories that feature aliens, but it’s actually been 20 years since the director of E.T. and Close ...

Is language core to thought, or a separate process? For 15 years, the neuroscientist Ev Fedorenko has gathered evidence of a language network in the human brain — and has found some similarities to ...

Imagine you’re a physician and you are called in to evaluate a patient who has had a sudden change in his neurological status, likely a stroke. You find him alert, mobile, and talking. But when you ...