In this excerpt from his new book, John Gertz argues it’s time to ditch SETI’s old dogmas and rethink how we prepare for first contact.

China's nuclear weapons program has had devastating effects on the Uyghur communities in Xinjiang, leading to widespread displacement, environmental destruction, and severe health issues, including ...

Companies are going to great lengths to protect the infrastructure that provides the backbone of the world’s digital services—by burying their data deep underground.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will continue celebration of Nigeria’s 65th Independence anniversary on October 8, 2025 in Rivers State with formal commissioning of Nigeria’s first indigenous oil export ...

Mayor Andy Burnham said the new Hillsborough Law can protect government whistleblowers who can finally tell the truth about radiation experiments on troops ...

Novel materials have a wide array of potential scientific applications, and these honorees have prototypes that could wind up in smartphone screens—or on the moon. His health-sensing fabrics can be ...

Bunkers, bomb shelters, mines and mountains all play critical roles protecting against our latest existential threat: the terrifying prospect of data loss.

It's a sunny June day in southeast England. I'm driving along a quiet, rural road that stretches through the Kent countryside. The sun flashes through breaks in the hedgerow, offering glimpses of ...

Just like Earth, our cosmic neighbor Mars sometimes has auroras dance across its night sky. In March 2024, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover imaged visible-light auroras for the first time during a major ...

Longer-lasting phones, lighter drones, electric cars that drive farther. These are just some of the possibilities thanks to a new battery separator ...

The future of Iran is taking shape, and the Washington establishment, inside and outside of government, has a lot of catching up to do.