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

Language and radio signals may not matter to aliens. Instead, they might be using patterns to leave a biological fingerprint.

Scientists claim that first extraterrestrial contact will be a loud event impossible to ignore, not a subtle signal.

This charismatic ball of geology is aptly known as Giant Rock. Covering square meters (5,800 square feet) of ground and ...

Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. If not, what does intelligent life look like? And how would aliens communicate? How could ...

Scarlett Howard currently has funding from the Australian Research Council and the Hermon Slade Foundation. Adrian Dyer receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the Alexander von ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Alien: Earth concluded its first season with its eighth episode on Sept. 23 and seven weeks ...

For years, there was chatter online about District 9 director Neill Blomkamp's plans for Alien 5. The plan was for Ripley and Newt to return, making up for the missteps made with the characters in ...

The series was a massive hit with fans and critics, earning a 94 percent critic approval rating and 66 percent audience approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and the series premiere rocketed to 9.6 ...

When we imagine contact with extraterrestrial intelligence, we tend to picture messages: radio signals, mathematical codes, or perhaps a universal language waiting to be discovered. But what if alien ...