Brian Lacki has released a set of three prepublication studies attempting to rationalize and measure the odds of a ...

From harnessing fire to capturing starlight, humanity’s quest for energy defines its evolution. This film explores the Kardashev Scale — the measure of how powerful a civilization can truly become.

Human civilization ranks 0.72 out of 3 on the scale of technological advancement, far from controlling planetary, stellar, or ...

Lacki suggests detecting the combined glow of the emissions of several civilizations. It’s an approach that comes with its ...

The ancient copper industry in the Sultanate of Oman serves as compelling evidence of an advanced civilization that evolved ...

For decades, scientists engaged in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) have probed the galaxy for signs of artificial radio transmissions. Beginning with Project Ozma in 1960, ...

Marcin Jakubowski is compiling a DIY set of society’s essential machines and making it open-source. You live in a house you ...

Inspired by ancient Roman concrete techniques, a team led by Prof. Ma Xiao from the University of Science and Technology of ...

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world Huntington’s third wave theory & recognition ...

Surrounded by the Cyclopean walls, the ancient Greek city of Tiryns predated Mycenae and later became part of the Mycenaean ...

The idea is based on the Fermi Paradox, which questions why we haven't yet detected signs of intelligent extraterrestrial ...

If there are aliens out there somewhere in the vast universe, as many have suggested, why haven't they contacted us? A new theory proposes that perhaps ...