Beneath the icy silence of Antarctica's famous Dry Valleys lies a world so unusual that it often resembles another planet.

A column by Winona LaDuke, an Ojibwe writer and economist on Minnesota’s White Earth Reservation. She also is co-curator of ...

A biologist specializing in invasive species has partnered with a former Pentagon strategist in pushing NASA to construct a ...

A journey through Phtanum B explores its strange creatures, environments and believable worldbuilding.

Discover the astonishing microscopic life thriving beneath Antarctica's icy exterior. A new PBS series reveals the ...

With the release of Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s new film about aliens, a question as old as science fiction itself ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life. Tardigrades—a type of invertebrate ...

Invasive alien species (IAS) have transformed the biological composition, functioning and services of Mediterranean marine ecosystems. Introduced via shipping vectors (ballast water, hull fouling), ...

Phtanum B may be fictional — but the science behind it isn’t. This speculative expedition imagines a fully developed alien ecosystem shaped by different physics and biology. 🌍 Stocks sell off as ...

Arizona State University and Dreamscape Learn launched Arizona's first virtual reality mobile classroom—a 46-foot trailer—to provide middle schoolers with immersive science education, transforming ...

The idea of isolation is prevalent through the Alien series. In space, no one can hear you scream, often because there’s nobody left to hear you scream. That theme also extends to the idea of what ...

Take a look at the Reveal Trailer for Blind Descent, a sci-fi survival first-person game developed by Pokuch. Players will explore the surface of Mars after a catastrophic mission failure, permitting ...