Shaped by a different biology or culture, other intelligent civilisations – if they’re out there – might understand the ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or fewer and are subject to editing for grammar and clarity. Publication is at ...

From the outset of the bit, Fleming notes that he feels a certain kinship with women, by dint of his theatrical background, which includes training in acting and modern dance, and because of his ...

'Star Trek: The Original Series' has a deceptively dangerous episode involving tiny, fuzzy aliens. 'Starfleet Academy' is ...

He and the other two hundred and ten passengers on Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321 had been in the air for more than ten hours. Their flight had taken off the night before from the United Kingdom, ...

Many science fiction movies from the 1970s became iconic in the years that followed, but several great sci-fi flicks from ...

Hundreds of people who love the little planet that was dissed, gather every year in the Arizona town where Pluto was discovered. They celebrate scientific discovery, history and our solar system’s ...

The second act of “One Hit Wonders” serves up a single slice of McLean’s “American Pie” (1971). His 8 minute, 42 second masterpiece is a crash course in rock ’n’ roll history — neatly compressed into ...

If you’ve ever flipped a light switch or used your favorite cordless gadget, odds are you owe Nikola Tesla a great debt of ...

For Dr Prakash Amte, these lines are not merely poetry; they mirror the course of his extraordinary life. While waiting for his MBBS results to be declared, he travelled back home, where his father, ...

Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. We've got a lot of new and upcoming games to ...

Rocket Lab launched a mystery satellite for a confidential commercial customer this evening (March 5). It was the company's 83rd liftoff to date.