Debunking alien claims matters, but so does telling richer, more compelling stories about how humans shaped their own past.

Before you ever set foot on a spacecraft bound for deep space, tiny replicas of your organs might make the journey first. Suspended in microgravity aboard a research mission, this organ-on-a-chip, or ...

Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about modern anxieties than the past itself? The idea that aliens assisted the ...

China has approved a brain implant for people with severe paralysis to help restore their hand movements. The brain–computer interface (BCI) is the first in the world to be available for wider use ...

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The disappearance of retired Major General William Neil McCasland is a “grave national security crisis,” as he is a man “with some of the most sensitive secrets of the United States in his head,” ...

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The patented technology could help reduce repeat procedures in an estimated 300,000 breast cancer surgeries annually.

Connected medical devices improve patient care but introduce severe cybersecurity risks that require stringent regulatory ...

Throughout her first pregnancy, Wang Yifan had lots of questions, which she usually put to renowned obstetrician Duan Tao—or rather, an AI clone of the top Shanghai-based doctor.

Plus: OpenAI says that Chinese law enforcement tried to get ChatGPT to plan an online political campaign This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of ...

On Monday night, someone placed a peculiar bet on the prediction market Kalshi. At 7:45 p.m. eastern time, a single trader put down nearly $100,000 on the claim that, by the end of December, the Trump ...