Instead of searching the skies for radio signals, scientists suggest the first evidence of an extinct alien civilisation ...

We may be able to find evidence of advanced alien civilizations in pulverized traces of their technology. Oxford astrophysicist Brian Lacki argues in a new, yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper that, instead ...

A new line of research proposes that the first clear signs of extraterrestrial intelligence may not come from distant stars, ...

The best way to find alien technosignatures is to look for ones that have long survived their creators, according to a new ...

Our search for technosignatures—clear signs of advanced civilizations beyond Earth—takes many forms. Many are driven by the famous Drake equation, which attempts to estimate how many technological ...

Does consciousness depend on flesh and blood? The answer is almost certainly no, according to Eric Schwitzgebel, a ...

We've been looking at nature the wrong way, argues Rowan Hooper. If we stop focusing on the individual, we get a whole new picture of how life on Earth – and elsewhere – may have begun ...