ASIAN AMERICAN ARTS FESTIVAL on May 2 and 3, 2026, at Lookingglass Theatre. This two-day event showcases a diverse range of ...

NASA uses a vision-language model (VLM) called Claude for the first time to plan two separate drives on Mars for the ...

Astronomers estimate there could be a trillion planets in our galaxy, yet no confirmed signs of alien civilizations. The talk explores why advanced life might be far rarer than expected. It breaks the ...

In South Africa, paleontology has been dominated by white people. Lazarus Kgasi is changing that dynamic — and coloring in the picture of the world our distant ancestors once inhabited.

In fact, more people have walked on the Moon than have visited the deepest parts of our oceans. In this world of constant ...

OLLOBOT reports on the rise of cyber-pets, AI-driven companions reshaping relationships in a digital age, signaling evolving ...

More than 2,500 plant species have the potential to invade the Arctic at the expense of the species that belong there. Norway is one of the areas that is particularly at risk.

A mysterious 420-million-year-old ancient life form challenges evolution, defying classification as plant, animal or fungus.

Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

Quick, imagine an animal tongue. What came into your mind? The flicking forked tongue of a snake? A cow licking a block of ...

Science fiction often shows aliens with human features like eyes, limbs, and faces. But science has a reason for questioning ...

Add independent.com on Google Add the SB Independent as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since their initial discovery 30 years ago, exoplanets have revolutionized our ideas ...