The search for alien life has captured the popular imagination for decades. Are they friendly… intelligent… green? The average person may conceive of alien life as anything from the large-brained ...

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Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life. Tardigrades—a type of invertebrate ...