If life exists elsewhere, it might not be on worlds like Earth. Here are some of the more peculiar places scientists are looking.

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Modified mice with human brain cells ignite debates over neurohybrids and the future of cross-species medical research.

From Tennessee's 1841 flesh shower to Kerala’s crimson monsoon, the sky has some explaining to do—unless the source isn’t coming from on high.

In 2011, an amateur astronomer near Toronto, Adam Szewczyk, was going through star brightness charts at home when one caught ...