Ridley Scott's Alien and James Cameron's Aliens are two of the greatest sci-fi movies ever made. When it was announced that ...

AI is officially terrifying — so we used it to prank people on camera and see who would actually believe it. We rented a liquor store and hid cameras everywhere, then showed customers AI-generated ...

Five years ago, I visited the border town of McAllen, Texas and saw the chaos. A caravan of more migrants than I could count ...

Five years ago, I visited the border town of McAllen, Texas and saw the chaos. A caravan of more migrants than I could count ...

Biology students at St. Charles Community College are revolutionizing learning through virtual reality, as they diagnose and cure alien species.

In this sense, American democracy functions almost as a covenant passed forward — renewed not by law alone but by example.

The Jan Broberg case is etched in the memory of Pocatello residents. While others only know about it through the media, no one will deny that truth is indeed stranger than fiction.

A Minnesota middle school lesson plan for eighth-graders asks students to consider whether Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have gone “too far,” claiming that the agency is arresting legal ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

For the past decade, an eclectic group of professors, staff members, and show-business professionals has been working hard to bring a Star Trek opera to vibrant life. Now, they are inviting the public ...

This month offers St. Patrick’s Day and the Oscars, vampires and Mapplethorpe, as well as free ice skating and a final bow from Jonathan Groff.