A quarter-century in orbit: Science shaping life on Earth and beyond

For more than 25 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, conducting research ...
THE WEEK

Intelligent life may be more common than we thought

The evolution of humans on Earth may not be entirely exceptional. That is because intelligent life is likely to form if certain planetary conditions are met, a new study suggests. This idea displaces ...
Forbes

Intelligent Aliens May Be Common On Earth-Like Planets, Scientists Say

A new model increases the probability of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, upending the decades-old “hard steps” theory that intelligent life was an incredibly improbable event on Earth. Are ...
Space.com

Boost for alien hunters? Earth life may not be so improbable, study suggests

"We're arguing that intelligent life may not require a series of lucky breaks to exist." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The ...
Live Science

'Perhaps it's only a matter of time': Intelligent life may be much more likely than first thought, new model suggests

For decades, scientists assumed that life on Earth emerged through a chain of highly improbable flukes. But a new theory suggests it may have instead arrived just in time. When you purchase through ...
Reuters

Was the emergence of intelligent life on Earth just a fluke? Some scientists think not

WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to dominate the planet. All this happened about 4.5 ...