From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

19:36, Mon, Dec 18, 2023 Updated: 22:18, Mon, Dec 18, 2023 Scientists are claiming it is now possible to communicate with whales after researchers spoke to a humpback in Alaska. A 38-year-old whale ...

For 50 years a devoted group of scientists has been listening for signals from intelligent life. Despite all the dead air, the true believers say the odds of success are now better than ever. As the ...

Aliens living around Luyten’s star will hear from humans in about 12 years’ time – if they exist. Scientists have beamed a message toward the GJ 273 system, 12 light years away, where one of the two ...