The scientific wonderers at What If examine the theory of panspermia to see if our biological origins actually lie on a passing comet or a distant world.

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If I were looking at Earth from a distance, I would be pretty disappointed,” theoretical physicist Avi Loeb says. “Most of our investing is dealing with conflicts to prevent other people from killing ...

What would alien life from another planet be like? But we rarely ask the opposite: What would they think of us?

Behind the acid blood and jump scares of the Alien franchise is an even more insidious horror: a single employer with ...

The nanozymes hypothesis proposes that mineral nanoparticles drove chemical evolution on early Earth, helping transform inert matter into life through catalytic and environmental processes.

From false claims that a historic lunar fly-by was staged in a movie studio to unfounded narratives that footage of the crew ...

Months of development, and hundreds of discarded designs. Legendary creature creator Neal Scanlan goes deep on the conception ...

Across cultures, early spring is a time to let loose and play pranks—but historians can’t agree on who invented the custom of April 1 fun. Dutch artist Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen's "Laughing Fool," ...

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