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One of the most challenging aspects of astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is anticipating what life and extraterrestrial civilizations will look like. Invariably, we ...

Global temperature increases over the past thirty years, visualized. Credit: NOAA/NCEI Earth's average global temperatures have been steadily increasing since the Industrial Revolution. According to ...

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James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When we look back at ancient history, we often default to picturing primitive societies with crude tools, simple living, and slow ...

In a new, non-peer-reviewed paper, a scientist from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) brings together an eclectic team of researchers to examine the biggest existential threats to humanity and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Collage of a telescope under a starry sky and a planet in space. Earthlings, brace yourselves: the galaxy may be emptier than your ...