If an alien intelligence were hiding somewhere on Earth, many scientists suspect it might look something like an octopus.

With three hearts, blue blood and arms that appear to think independently, the octopus may be one of Earth’s strangest creatures—rewriting what scientists thought intelligence.

Octopuses are among the strangest animals ever discovered. They have 3 hearts, blue blood, and a nervous system so complex ...

Alien life would not be random monster fiction, but shaped by evolution, gravity, light, water, and survival pressure. On red ...

Explore why alien life may think and behave like octopuses, whose unusual biology evolved along a path unlike almost any ...

A mind wrapped in skin and bone can feel like the obvious model for consciousness. But that assumption may say more about where you live than about what consciousness really requires.

In the book version of “Project Hail Mary,” author Andy Weir, known for grounding his fiction in plausible science, describes ...

The Supreme Court held Thursday that, for the purposes of federal immigration law, asylum-seekers do not arrive in the United ...

What if consciousness isn’t limited to brains like ours? Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that ...

Secure elections begin with accurate voter rolls. Creating these voter rolls requires public servants dedicated to election ...

DC is setting up a superhero TV future that no other major comic book franchise is matching right now.

It sounds crazy, but famed Star Wars creator George Lucas actually lent his pipes to an undisclosed character in Minions & ...