Freeman Dyson is Gone, But the Dyson Sphere Lives On
Freeman Dyson may be gone, but his famous alien-hunting idea will likely persist far into the future. Dyson, a quantum physicist who died at age 96 on Feb. 28, recalled … Read more
Aliens
SCIENCE: This Animal Doesn’t Breathe
When the parasitic blob known as Henneguya salminicola sinks its spores into the flesh of a tasty fish, it does not hold its breath. That’s because H. salminicola is the … Read more
SPACE: Should We Be Looking at White Dwarfs For Alien Life?
Humans have been searching for signs of extraterrestrial (ET) life for decades. We’ve been listening carefully for strange radio signals, looking for signatures of the artificial altering of stars and … Read more
UK to release Its Own “X-Files”
From the early 1950s until 2009, a department in the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) documented and investigated reports of UFOs. Now, more than a decade after the program … Read more