Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s “habitable zone,” often considered the gold standard of potential livability ...

A shortcut to sprucing up any dreary urban locale is by throwing in some beautiful greenery. Now, Chinese scientists have ...

Photographers @cho_fungi and @cyanesense shoot miniature mushrooms with macro lenses, and the results look like renderings ...

Some worm species in your garden are a sign of healthy soil, while others point to issues like acidity or too much moisture.

More than forty years ago, the first major rule was announced for anyone encountering something strange in their neighborhood ...

A young boy learns about the world as he travels with his mother on the subway in My Subway Runs (Groundwood, 32 pages, hardcover, $22), a story poem for children ages 3-6 set in author James ...

Amanda Lohrey’s unsettling fable centred on a psychiatrist’s research into alien abduction, and Brendan Colley’s warmly funny ...

We may not believe in ghosts and ghouls, but just believe, it’s quite difficult not to start suspecting something paranormal when we’re home alone one dark evening, and we, say, hear something weird ...

The “alien” is actually a potato. Specifically, it is a purple tuber nicknamed Spudnik-1, grown and photographed by Pettit.

Two newly registered federal website domains – Alien.gov and Aliens.gov – are drawing attention after records showed they were created this week by a U.S. government agency, fueling speculation as ...

Solar winds and coronal mass ejections may scatter narrow signals, making them harder for Earth-based telescopes to detect. The SETI Institute uses radio telescopes to search for signs of intelligent ...