Intelligent life may develop on planets as a rule, not an exception — increasing the odds of humanity existing beyond Earth, according to a new study. Researchers from Penn State University ...
Do planets other than the earth sustain thinking creatures? Philosophers, theologians, scientists, fiction writers and ordinary people have speculated on the question for centuries. Now a widely ...
While University of Nottingham researchers believe there may be other life in the galaxy, they say it's still possible we are all alone Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter ...
Fossil fuels powered the industrial revolution. Would aliens need a similar power source to jump-start a technical revolution ...
In 2040, Americans plan to vote in a U.S. presidential election. Japan promises to stop using nuclear power. Britain’s Prince George will turn the ripe age of 27. And, as the interactive above ...
(THE CONVERSATION) A popular model of evolution concludes that it was incredibly unlikely for humanity to evolve on Earth, and that extraterrestrial intelligence is vanishingly rare. But as ...
Suppose humanity was faced with an extinction-level event. Not just high odds, but certain-sure. A nearby supernova will ...
Some of the greatest evolutionary biologists of the 20th century famously dismissed the prospect of humanlike intelligence beyond Earth. Elen11 Elen11/Getty Editor’s note: The Focus on ...
Penn State researchers propose that Earth and life have evolved together in a way that is more typical of life-supporting planets.