The Cluster is a form of life organized on principles so different from anything on Earth that understanding it requires ...
Somewhere out there, a planet roughly the size of Earth may be orbiting a distant star in conditions that could support life.
In a new paper, researchers examine the possibility of other consciousnesses that take on forms far beyond our imagination.
"Project Hail Mary" really pushes the limit when it comes to non-humanoid aliens. But researchers posit that real aliens ...
There’s no data to suggest that aliens exist. However, if we believed they existed and came to Earth, our planet would offer ...
The recent discovery of an enigmatic substance on the surfaces of both Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, and Pluto, our solar ...
Octopuses, bees, and dogs all process information differently. Even within the narrow confines of one planet, evolution produced a wide range of nervous systems rather than a single design. A new ...
Consciousness, which the duo refers to as a target phenomenon, needs a physical substrate to exist. In the case of consciousness on Earth, that substrate is whatever the conscious human or cat or ...