Finding certain complex molecules in large quantities on another world could be a sign of life. Living things build complicated molecules in bulk, and chemistry without life mostly doesn’t.

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The “Active Denial System” is a non-lethal weapon, but the ethics of using it to deter migrants seeking to enter the United ...

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When a Fields Medalist cried over AI, critics told him to get a grip. But psychology reveals this "estrangement" is coming ...

Sam Altman told OpenAI staff the AI race ends one of three ways. One scenario he calls 'terrible.' A private safety body is ...

At New York Comic Con, William Shatner talks about The Sixty-Year Mission documentary, six decades of Star Trek, why its hopeful future still matters and how reality itself may finally have overtaken ...

About a dozen detained immigrants with serious medical conditions have been told they will be deported to African countries ...

An Arizona woman faces a judge on Friday for sentencing after admitting to faking pregnancies and fabricating medical records ...

The broiler chicken is the quintessence of the modern meat complex. In 1925 the average chicken brought to slaughter was 112 ...

Have you ever looked at a photo of yourself and wondered why you look so different from what you see in the mirror every day? The answer does not necessarily come down to the camera or how photogenic ...