Shaped by a different biology or culture, other intelligent civilisations – if they’re out there – might understand the universe in a completely different way than we do. Physicist Daniel Whiteson exp ...

A new Afrikaans children's book sees an alien head to earth, not for world domination but for milk tart. Here's why it's a must-read for kids.

Hardy bacteria in a lab survived pressures comparable to an asteroid strike on the red planet, suggesting a hypothetical scenario in which our planet was seeded with life.

Many philosophers and scientists have pondered if we live in a simulated universe, and University of Portsmouth scientist ...