Alien invasions are a staple of fiction, but many of the reasons given for attacking Earth fall apart under basic scrutiny. A civilization capable of crossing interstellar space would not need our ...

Rising temperatures and more tourists are making it easier for non-native plants and animals to get a foothold in remote ...

Movies like Possession and The Thing are among the most audacious in horror, pushing the genre's narrative and technical ...

Forests around the world are quietly transforming, and not for the better. A massive global analysis of more than 31,000 tree species reveals that forests are becoming more uniform, increasingly ...

Two rival teams — one using machine learning, the other human eyes — race to find the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon.

Gone are the tales set in familiar myth and lore. In their place: An India that was never colonised, a clan of superheroes, new weaponry and invented languages.

Could we prevent in-orbit crashes in the future by using advanced computer models?

Two research teams have identified possible landing sites for Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely reach the lunar ...

Watchmen has always been put forth as this exemplar of what comics can be. DC Comics‘ landmark 12-issue series is often ...

A new report from Canada Sports Betting found that Ohio has a 1.13% chance of being abducted by aliens, with over 4,000 ...

ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, monthslong expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

If you've been a wrestling fan for more than a little while, you've seen it. Expectations for a new talent get built up to the heavens with vignettes and video packages. Then they debut... and it's a ...