The original Star Trek series secretly used sounds of people kissing to create noises for one of its many alien monsters.

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

The controversial Harvard astronomer is one of the main sources of the "alien mothership" hypothesis. This is what he thinks, ...

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Cartoonist and counterculture icon R. Crumb reflects on his remarkable life and work in a new interview from his home in the South of France.

After winning an Oscar for "The Brutalist," the English composer takes on a musical about the founder of the Shakers — a ...

The hunt for intelligent life beyond Earth has quietly entered a more exacting phase, and one small, cool star has become a proving ground for how serious that search can be. TRAPPIST-1, a dim red ...