CALLING ALL SEXY PEOPLE! The Mercury is proud (and sort of aroused) to present our 2018 online Sex Survey—in which we ask you (the average sex-having Portlander) how you have sex, when you have sex, and what flavor of sex you have! BUT DON’T WORRY, THE RESULTS AND YOUR SUBMISSIONS ARE COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS. So feel […]
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Take the Mercury‘s 2018 SEX SURVEY!
CALLING ALL SEXY PEOPLE! The Mercury is proud (and sort of aroused) to present our 2018 online Sex Survey—in which we ask you (the average sex-having Portlander) how you have sex, when you have sex, and what flavor of sex you have! BUT DON’T WORRY, THE RESULTS AND YOUR SUBMISSIONS ARE COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS. So feel […]
Posted inSex
Take the Mercury‘s 2018 SEX SURVEY!
CALLING ALL SEXY PEOPLE! The Mercury is proud (and sort of aroused) to present our 2018 online Sex Survey—in which we ask you (the average sex-having Portlander) how you have sex, when you have sex, and what flavor of sex you have! BUT DON’T WORRY, THE RESULTS AND YOUR SUBMISSIONS ARE COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS. So feel […]
Posted inSex
Take the Mercury‘s 2018 SEX SURVEY!
CALLING ALL SEXY PEOPLE! The Mercury is proud (and sort of aroused) to present our 2018 online Sex Survey—in which we ask you (the average sex-having Portlander) how you have sex, when you have sex, and what flavor of sex you have! BUT DON’T WORRY, THE RESULTS AND YOUR SUBMISSIONS ARE COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS. So feel […]
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The Swarm of Bees in Times Square Is Not a Metaphor for Anything
Authorities cordon off section of Times Square to respond to a massive group of bees that are swarming a hot dog stand. Watch live: https://t.co/qd86Ic9lOV pic.twitter.com/R0GJXBle4W— ABC News (@ABC) August 28, 2018 A swarm of bees took over a Times Square hot dog cart today, and the event has been live streamed on Periscope. Right […]
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Point/Counterpoint: Should I Go to Jurassic World?
EDITOR’S NOTE: To mark the release of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the Portland Mercury‘s Dinosaur Editor, Elinor Jones, decided to go visit the REAL Jurassic World! Then she decided not to. Then she decided that she really should. But maybe not? If you too are considering vacationing at Jurassic World, we hope Jones’ points and […]
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The Revolution Will Be Robotized
J.B. Spector This Saturday, March 17, OMSI is opening the Robot Revolution exhibit to the public—a traveling crew of over 40 robots from nine different countries, accompanied by a team of robot specialists. We recommended this exhibit in our last issue but couldn’t say no when offered the chance to play with the robots ourselves. […]
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Stephen Hawking Died, and I’m Sorry for That Dumb Joke in This Week’s Mercury
Getty / Bryan Bedder “The world is worse for their passing” is an easy platitude whenever someone dies, but it’s rarely true—usually the planet is, you know, just fine without any specific person. But in Stephen Hawking’s case, it’s completely accurate. Humankind has lost one of its greatest minds, and while Hawking’s groundbreaking, brain-bending accomplishments […]
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Cuckold Study Gets Conservative Panties in a Knot
CNN covered an academic study on cuckolding and the internet went wild.
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Forget All This Button Talk—Space Trash Could Kill Us All
(Not an actual image of Tiangong-1.) Getty Images / Petrovich9 CBS News: Scientists are nervously watching a 19,000-pound Chinese space station‘s course because its out-of-control route is making it impossible to figure out where it will crash. China lost control of unmanned space station Tiangong-1 in June 2016, and the thing has been orbiting out […]
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Former Head of Secret Government UFO Program Says We Are Not Alone
Declassified Footage of “unidentified aerial phenomenon” To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science On Sunday, Politco and the New York Times published dual reports on a formerly top-secret Pentagon program launched in 2007 and tasked with investigating reports of UFOs. Supposedly shut down in 2012, the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program was championed by […]
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Rejoice, for the New Season of OPB’s Oregon Field Guide Starts Tonight
Tonight is the brightest night of the year for Oregon television, because tonight my favorite Oregon-made television show broadcasts its season premiere. That show is Oregon Field Guide, a magazine-style documentary program about ecology, recreation, and the great outdoors that’s been airing on OPB for almost three decades. Gorgeous and informative, Oregon Field Guide gives […]