Human Vapor is a new Netflix sci-fi thriller from Japan where a cop and a reporter try to bring down a killer that can ...

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In the Star Trek franchise, the first human being to ever meet a Klingon on the timeline isn't an astronaut or an adventurer, ...

A Long Island architect who lived a secret life as the Gilgo Beach serial killer has been sentenced to to life in prison without parole.

Modern astrobiology suggests that alien life would not evolve randomly, but under the same ruthless evolutionary pressures that shaped life on Earth. Scientists expect traits like symmetry, vision, ...

Plague was already a deadly killer 5,500 years ago, long before cities, farming, or the rat-infested conditions usually linked to historic outbreaks. By analyzing ancient DNA from hunter-gatherer ...

Three years into training to be a court reporter, Jayne Williams is used to warnings that AI will soon take over her budding career. Few roles look more ripe for extinction at first glance. Automated ...

It is often suggested that anyone who finds one of these invasive worms should kill it (carefully). Here's what else to know.

A senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry told New Scientist that a test took place two years ago involving fully autonomous drones set to destroy anything in a given area, with confirmed casu ...

Steven Spielberg says he "would not be the right person" to serve as an ambassador for humanity when we meet aliens. The filmmaker says that he "would really look forward to" a real-life Disclosure ...

Are humans alone in the universe? The answer is more complicated than science fiction might suggest. Scientists have discovered billions upon billions of potentially habitable planets. But if life is ...

Steven Spielberg and aliens go back a long time – they're the cinematic equivalent of peanut butter and jelly. And the history of that successful pairing has led to his new sci-fi thriller “Disclosure ...