Avi Loeb and Beatriz Villarroel disagree about lights from the 1950s
Avi Loeb and Beatriz Villarroel are at the center of a scientific debate over luminous points recorded on photographic plates from the Palomar Sky Survey…
Evolutionary biologist questions AI consciousness after experiment
British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins reported having an experience that led him to reconsider his views on artificial intelligence and consciousness. After a three-day interaction…
Startup wants to clone human bodies without a brain
An American startup is developing a plan to grow human bodies that are genetically identical to those of its clients — but without the ability…
Alien life may be purple
The image of the “little green man” may have been wrong for decades. A study from Cornell University, in the United States, suggests that life…
Space weather may be “hiding” messages from alien civilizations, study suggests
A new scientific study proposes an intriguing explanation for one of astronomy’s biggest questions: why we have not yet found signs of intelligent life in…
Magnetic anomaly in Australia resembles the shape of the continent
A curious discovery has caught the attention of the scientific community in Australia: geologists have mapped a strange magnetic anomaly in the Northern Territory that,…