Valley’s role | Compete respectfully | Stunted potential. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for June 17, 2026.

Our search for technosignatures—clear signs of advanced civilizations beyond Earth—takes many forms. Many are driven by the famous Drake equation, which attempts to estimate how many technological ...

Eight weeks ago, Oliver Tree finally released the album he had spent two years making across 80 countries. He called it the ...

This essay contains spoilers. Keep reading at your own cinematic risk. (RNS) — I went to see “Disclosure Day,” Steven Spielberg’s new film, expecting a science-fiction thriller. But I also came away ...

It’s impossible to separate UFO legends and lore from the Cold War, which led to a culture of secrecy in the military and public paranoia that the truth was being concealed. According to the ...

Too expensive | Valley’s role | Compete respectfully. East Bay Times reader letters to the editor for June 17, 2026.

An ICE officer was struck by a fleeing vehicle in Stafford on Monday morning, June 15. The downed officer fired shots at the ...

One side is locked in permanent daylight and the other remains in endless darkness.

The French sound artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot creates an unlikely symphony by setting singing bowls bobbing at the Park ...

James Webb has revealed that the sunrise and sunset sides of WASP-121 b have surprisingly different atmospheres.

Since President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, 85 DACA recipients with no criminal records have been ...

Fromsoftware has done amazing work with the Souls franchise, but the devs should explore these settings in the next game.