Every few months, someone announces we’re on the verge of finding alien life, and the headlines go predictably insane. What ...

Are we alone in the universe? It's a question that has fascinated people for centuries. Now, there is reason to be hopeful: Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock, one of Britain’s top space scientists, believes ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for ...

The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But if things had worked out differently, it might have been etched into our collective memory. At 1.15pm, US President ...