The first person to address this question in a systematic way was Frank Drake, who invented the Drake equation to predict the number of extraterrestrial civilizations in the galaxy. His equation is rather complicated, but here's a simple version of his …

But the people Wilkinson is referring to are illegal aliens. Immigrants don't have to be legalized because they come here legally in the first place. Wilkinson is out of line when he labels as "anti-immigrant" those who support enforcement of …

But the people Wilkinson is referring to are illegal aliens. Immigrants don't have to be legalized because they come here legally in the first place. Wilkinson is out of line when he labels as "anti-immigrant" those who support enforcement of …

We've been conditioned by television and movies to accept the likelihood of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. “Of course there's intelligent life out there; I saw it last week on Star Trek.” We've seen it all, from the cute and cuddly ET to …

Did you know that a whopping 95 percent of the world's oceans remain unexplored and unseen by humans? Considering the fact that most of our planet's oceans are a mystery to humankind, we can't say we're surprised that …

If you visit New Discovery School, you'll soon be surrounded by preschoolers on the move. "They're running they're climbing, they're traversing walls," said Director Susan Tomlinson Gorman. However, New Discovery was one of the exceptions in the 10 …

The discussion turned to a spate of recent UFO sightings and, then, on to the possibility of seeing an object (made by aliens) move faster than light. The conversation eventually turned to other topics when, out the blue, Fermi suddenly asked: "Where …

In the West African Ebola outbreak, though, WHO failed as a director and coordinator. Director-General Margaret Chan has said that WHO must change before the next global pandemic. Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London, …

Last week, Scott Walker went to Israel on a “listening tour.” To emphasize that he was going purely to learn, the Wisconsin governor and Republican presidential hopeful gave no speeches or interviews. “It's an educational trip,” he explained. “It's not …

A month before the Supreme Court is expected to rule on the future of federal health care exchanges under the Affordable Care Act, Hill Democrats have taken a uniform policy stance: They are not ready to talk publicly about potential fixes in case the …