Tardigrades are practically invincible on Earth, so scientists looked to outer space in search of their kryptonite.

A homemade science lab in a rented luxury home near the Great Park in Irvine has sparked a heavy, multiday response from an FBI hazardous materials team and other federal and local agencies.

Residents of Irvine’s exclusive Altair community are still reeling after a multi-day federal investigation into a “homemade science lab” brought hazmat suits and FBI agents to their ...

America was winning the race to find Martian life. Then China jumped in. In July 2024, NASA’s Perseverance rover came across a peculiar rocky outcrop on Mars covered in strange spots. On Earth, these ...

Rocket Lab launched a scramjet-powered hypersonic vehicle for the U.S. military to suborbital space on Friday (Feb. 27). The ...

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

The race to develop a virtual scientist—an AI creation that conducts every stage of research, from idea to publication—has ...

Some say we’ve entered a new age of AI-enabled scientific discovery. But human insight and creativity still can’t be ...

Gabriel Gomes built an agent that turns plain English into physical experiments, enabling research that humans alone could never sustain ...

Former US President Barack Obama said he’s seen no evidence that aliens have made contact with Earth, clarifying his position on extraterrestrials after comments he made in a podcast went viral.

Barack Obama has declared that aliens exist, whilst sharing his thoughts on the conspiracy theories surrounding Area 51. During an appearance on a podcast, the former president became the first ...