When it comes to detecting laser pulses aliens might shoot at Earth to attract our attention, scientists now find they can detect signals as faint as a single photon of light every few tiny fractions ...

One of the most mysterious stars in the galaxy prompted astronomers to check for signals from an intelligent civilization, and now they've shared their findings. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor ...

A new Nasa-funded laser could help scientists find alien life. Researchers built the laser to detect signs of life and for identifying materials taken from other planets. But they also had to shrink ...

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What if you could send sound directly to a single person in a crowded room, without anyone else hearing it? This isn’t a scene from a sci-fi movie, it’s the reality of a new concept called the “sound ...