This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...

To meet tight delivery windows, retailers may rely on air freight, which produces far more emissions than other options such ...

As the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS sweeps through the inner solar system, it has become a magnet for both scientific ...

Quantum mechanics suggests that reality may not be singular — what we call “the universe” could be one branch of countless alternatives. Each quantum event may split reality, creating different ...

Welcome to Derry finale packed in several revelations that tie into the two IT movies, the last one released in 2019.

In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that finding—which won the scientists a portion of the 2019 Nobel Prize in ...

A change in pricing at a popular discount chain reflects a shift in consumer behavior. Dollar Tree was once known for having a singular price of $1 on all items before increasing its price points to ...

Science fiction has long speculated about the possibility of first contact with an alien species from a distant world and how we might be able to communicate with them. But what if we simply don’t ...

Conspiracy theories have raged about 3I/ATLAS being an unnatural object. But the alien question, while fun, generates misinformation and distracts from the science. When you purchase through links on ...

When we imagine contact with extraterrestrial intelligence, we tend to picture messages: radio signals, mathematical codes, or perhaps a universal language waiting to be discovered. But what if alien ...

Daniel Whiteson and Andy Warner’s upcoming book is a philosophical exploration of the humanity behind our desire to find aliens. Reading time 6 minutes At Gizmodo, we love a good story about ...