A civilization capable of interstellar travel may also be one that has moved beyond conquest, excess and ecological ...

“There is a silence in the night sky that has bothered me for as long as I can remember.” That observation, attributed to American physicist Richard Feynman, captures a tension many people feel when ...

If so, why haven’t they said hello? The humble residents of this pale blue dot have been on a quest to find an alien civilisation for more than a century. First, it was the “canals” of Mars. Then ...

Natural disasters can topple civilizations, even in modern times, but with more and more technology civilizations become more robust and capable of predicting future calamities and preventing such ...

Christopher Nolan's Interstellar is arguably one of the most radical science fiction movies ever brought to film. Indeed, the film bears a formidable apocalypse story that sees our planet ravaged by ...