What might intelligent aliens look like? The consensus among experts suggests it would be safe to bet they will not look the least bit humanoid.
Of all the vertebrates, only mammals evolved brains big enough for higher intelligence. And of the 24 orders of mammals only one – ours, the primates – has technological intelligence. [...]

The holiday visitors from hell… some aliens come to visit New York and end up trying to take over, and document their “progress” with a series of postcards.

If these pictures are anything to go by an alien occupation of Earth may not be all that bad.

Have science fiction writers overstated the virtues of extraterrestrials? Have you, for instance, ever seen a sci-fi show where humans had reached a highly evolved level of attainment, while aliens where flaming each other on discussion forums?
Who’d want to be a human? We smell, we bicker, we weep at middle-aged ladies singing about dreams on [...]

Social network Bebo, and the producers of British TV show Wife Swap have combined to undertake an incredible mission; the search for intelligent life in the universe. That’s an intriguing pairing for such a momentous task…
Dr Zaitsev will use a Ukrainian radio telescope, normally used to identify and track asteroids that pose a threat to [...]

The flourishing of lifeforms, such as “extremophiles”, creatures that apparently thrive on radiation and acid, in places on Earth generally deemed “inhospitable” are giving encouragement to scientists hopeful of finding life elsewhere in the universe.
There’s hardly a niche on Earth that hasn’t been colonised. Life can be found in scalding, acidic hot pools, in the [...]

Sun’s properties not “fine-tuned” for life
It turns out the type of star our Sun is, a G star by the way, doesn’t make it anymore conducive to hosting life bearing planets than any other star type.
There’s nothing special about the Sun that makes it more likely than other stars to host life, a new study [...]

Vatican: It’s OK to believe in aliens
Pope Benedict XVI is proving to be a rather accommodating pope, and has said through Jose Gabriel Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory, that “belief” in the existence of extraterrestrial life will not see you thrown into the fires of hell.
“How can we rule out that life may have [...]

The Value of Being Incomplete: What Are Your Goals for 2008? possibly the most enjoyable post I’ve read at Dosh Dosh so far.
The year is coming to a close. When December finally changes into January, I will inevitably get a bittersweet feeling of starting over again, as I anticipate the opportunities yet to come [...]