Astronomers published evidence of possible biosignatures on the planet K2-18b earlier this month, but another look at the data suggests the finding could be statistical noise ...

An interest in understanding the role that the Milky Way played in Egyptian culture and religion has led University of ...

A new theory that may explain the massive shafts and chambers thousands of feet below Egypt's Giza Pyramids has emerged, and ...

Two leading theories of consciousness went head-to-head—and the results may change how neuroscientists study one of the ...

Neuroscientists publish the results of a study that was designed to determine which theory of human consciousness came ...

What makes humans conscious? Scientists disagree, strongly, as one group of peacemakers discovered the hard way.

The prebiotic Earth was a harsh and unstable environment, characterized by intense heat, active volcanoes and little ...

A Harvard professor questions whether research conducted at the University of Cambridge about life on K2-18b is accurate.

In a new book, the mathematical epidemiologist Adam Kucharski explains how certainty, even in math, can be an illusion.