The curious minds at What If see what could happen if you mated with an alien, exploring hybrid biology, genetics, and ethics ...

The public could be frightened or skeptical. A lot depends on how scientists announce it—if they ever find life in space.

Green plants evolved under a yellow star. Change the star, and biology adapts. This video explains why plants on certain exoplanets would reflect red light instead. The result looks strange, but the ...

Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

Man, Venom and Carnage join forces for a brand new showdown. The team‑up happens in the upcoming Spider-Man Death Spiral eve ...

Saving the world grand strategy-style.

Project Hail Mary is going to be released in theatres on March 20, 2026, and while a few short trailers of the film have been ...

How large is a large language model? Think about it this way. In the center of San Francisco there’s a hill called Twin Peaks from which you can view nearly the entire city. Picture all of it—every ...

Meet the new biologists treating LLMs like aliens   How large is a large language model? We now coexist with machines so vast ...

More than 3.5 billion years ago, the Earth was not the hospitable world we know today. The atmosphere lacked oxygen, the seas were acidic and rich in iron, and volcanic activity roared across a barren ...

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Trees play a central role in life on Earth. They store CO₂, provide habitats for animals, fungi, and insects, stabilize soils ...