A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The ...

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Her name, they told us, was Peggy. She had been taken into the compound three months before without a hair on her body. Her ...

New species are being discovered faster than ever before - at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study.

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When danger approaches, many creatures seem to follow the ancient proverb that “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Researchers have recently been finding subtle ways that animals communicate with ...