By studying large language models as if they were living things instead of computer programs, scientists are discovering some ...

Scientists are studying bees’ surprising maths skills to explore whether numbers could be a universal language for ...

Honeybees can solve simple addition and subtraction problems and even possess some understanding of the concept of zero ...

Erich von Däniken, who has died aged 90, was among the first writers to suggest that human civilisation, and even human ...

Mathematics also features in a 1998 novella by Ted Chiang called Story of Your Life, which was adapted into the 2016 film ...

Human brains do something peculiar when a chimpanzee screams or hoots. Instead of treating those sounds as generic animal ...

According to a recent study, advanced extraterrestrial communication may not rely on radio waves, but rather on subtle, ...

SN Ares might be the most exciting one. The star exploded when the universe was about one-third of its current age.

Bowie’s genius was a driver and a result of an unquenchable inner restlessness. But as with Wilde, there were times when you ...

Advanced aliens could be chatting with each other using light flashes in plain sight, similar to how fireflies communicate, ...

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The ...