For no explainable practical reason, humans are enamored with – and even empathetic toward – specific inanimate objects. Our ...

For no explainable practical reason, humans are enamored with – and even empathetic toward – specific inanimate objects. Our first car. A choice coffee mug. And ...

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

San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama continues to draw in the crowd as his popularity soars to greater heights.

A new psychedelic retreat calling itself a “SETI for the mind” aims to establish two-way communication with the nonhuman entities people encounter while tripping on DMT.

Pull off the highway to discover an Arizona diner packed with UFO decor, nostalgic eats, and the kind of weird that makes ...

Our resident metalhead Robin Askew ranks the greatest heavy metal LPs ever committed to vinyl Well, this was a tough one.

And at Sunshine Thrift, those discoveries span an almost incomprehensible range of possibilities. It’s the kind of place ...