Netflix’s ‘Human Vapor’ is a crime thriller with a twist of sci-fi, following the investigation into a series of murders by a mysterious entity made of smoke. The eight-episode series starts with a ...

Human Vapor is a new Netflix sci-fi thriller from Japan where a cop and a reporter try to bring down a killer that can ...

Searches of historical books and newspaper archives found stories alleging cheetahs — both wild and captive — have killed ...

A Long Island architect who lived a secret life as the Gilgo Beach serial killer has been sentenced to to life in prison without parole.

Modern astrobiology suggests that alien life would not evolve randomly, but under the same ruthless evolutionary pressures that shaped life on Earth. Scientists expect traits like symmetry, vision, ...

Plague was already a deadly killer 5,500 years ago, long before cities, farming, or the rat-infested conditions usually linked to historic outbreaks. By analyzing ancient DNA from hunter-gatherer ...

Rex Heuermann, the Long Island serial killer who fatally strangled eight women, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Wednesday.

Three years into training to be a court reporter, Jayne Williams is used to warnings that AI will soon take over her budding career. Few roles look more ripe for extinction at first glance. Automated ...

It is often suggested that anyone who finds one of these invasive worms should kill it (carefully). Here's what else to know.

12 years is a long wait to play the sequel to one of your favourite games of all time. During that decade-plus stretch, I’ve re-played the original Alien: Isolation multiple times, analysed its ...

Steven Spielberg says he "would not be the right person" to serve as an ambassador for humanity when we meet aliens. The filmmaker says that he "would really look forward to" a real-life Disclosure ...

Are humans alone in the universe? The answer is more complicated than science fiction might suggest. Scientists have discovered billions upon billions of potentially habitable planets. But if life is ...