The jewel wasp is a parasite with a method so precise it can turn a cockroach into a living host without killing it immediately. By targeting the nervous system, it changes the roach’s behavior and ...

These creatures are so fragile that the moment they are pulled out from the water, they collapse and disappear.

A new biography of the Berlin-born philosopher emphasizes his combination of stubborn unworldliness and startling prescience.

For decades, scientists have searched the skies for signs of extraterrestrial technology. A study from EPFL asks a sharp ...

On Thursday the U.S. president ordered the release of federal files related to UFOs and aliens, although no evidence of extraterrestrials visiting Earth is known to exist ...

A financial crisis could be triggered by an announcement that aliens exist, according to Helen McCaw, a former policy expert of the Bank of England. McCaw told The Times of London that politicians and ...

Is the scientific method really the best approach to learning about the world? A new paper in Collective Intelligence applies the scientific method to itself, finding that some common strategies that ...

A research team at the IPK Leibniz Institute has developed a method that enables the detailed observation of female ...

Well, it was only a matter of time really until this happened. SpaceX owner and founder, Elon Musk, has declared he’s not human – but in fact, he’s an alien. Nope, really. Musk took to the stage at ...

At Davos, the billionaire said his belief that “it might only be us” in the cosmos drives Tesla, SpaceX, and his vision for humanity’s future. Elon Musk proclaimed he’s an alien during a Thursday ...

The question of whether aliens exist is not a new one. In science fiction films and books, people have wondered if we’re the only life in this universe and what that can imply for universes beyond ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...