Human intelligence wasn’t a cosmic evolutionary fluke, some scientists say. The case against cosmic loneliness is growing.

But the real truth is that alien life on other planets could be even stranger than floating balloons or amorphous organisms ...

When we imagine alien life we often picture something radically different from ourselves. But evolution tends to solve similar problems in similar ways, and intelligence may come with predictable ...

One common complaint about science fiction involving aliens, especially a large and diverse cast of different alien races, is that the aliens just aren't alien enough. It seems like every week, the ...