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The investigation of pulsar signals suggests that aliens may be communicating their presence by flashing signals in the ...

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NASA’s Pandora mission will study exoplanet atmospheres by separating star light from planet signals, helping scientists learn which distant worlds may have air, water, and signs of life ...

The United States is stepping back from the most direct test yet of possible alien biology on Mars just as new telescopes and ...

In “The Cradle of Citizenship,” the journalist James Traub finds that the biggest crisis in education is not what kids are ...

We felt like Nancy has a tendency to cut her hair off when she needs a change. So we knew we needed something shorter,” she ...

In “The Guilty Vicarage,” an essay on detective fiction, W.H. Auden argues that the most successful detective novels take ...

If scientists are able to inspect it in person, and they find that Mars was indeed once alive with microbes, we would know ...

Tadeo Ramirez-Parada studied the timing of plant flowering for his PhD — but he didn’t touch a single petal. Instead, he ...