A compilation of public trolling magic pranks captures hilarious and surprising moments.

The Utah State Aggies displayed their new turf ahead of the 2026 season, and what a moo-tiful sight it was. With USU set to ...

Vice President JD Vance cast doubt on the nature of extraterrestrial life in a wide-ranging podcast interview, suggesting that so-called “aliens” may instead be demons. Appearing on The Benny Show, ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising way to study the harsh space weather around young M dwarf stars. Mysterious dips in starlight turned out to be massive rings of plasma swirling in the stars’ ...

A group of teens pulled a “man overboard” prank on a spring break cruise that prompted a full-scale search involving the US Coast Guard — and now the pranksters’ families could face jail time. Royal ...

Astronomers have narrowed down the cosmic search for life, identifying fewer than 50 rocky planets among thousands of known exoplanets that may have the right conditions to support life. Using new ...

Whether you are a family of seasoned pranksters or occasional comedians, a well-planned gag will surely score some chuckles this April Fools' Day. But planning the perfect prank is no simple feat. The ...

Over the past decade, scientists have come up with a variety of frameworks to guide their search for life in the universe. While it’s most convenient to start looking for life using the knowledge that ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. [CLIP: The spaceship Hail Mary’s operating system (played by Priya Kansara) speaks in ...

Two new – otherworldly – government-operated website domains created this week have caused a stir. Alien.gov and Aliens.gov were both registered by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ...

Two newly registered federal website domains – Alien.gov and Aliens.gov – are drawing attention after records showed they were created this week by a U.S. government agency, fueling speculation as ...