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News Sep 19 3:00 PM

New Oregon Law Requires Transparency From OHSU About Its Primate Research Center

After years of mishaps and notable animal deaths, new legislation aims to give the public more insight into a federally-funded testing site.

Abe Asher

Science! Jun 25 12:00 PM

How to Keep Your Insufferably Hot House Cool

Wm. Steven Humphrey

Science! Mar 24 12:50 PM

Visit the Dinosaurs at OMSI and Remember Earth Has Seen This All Before

Blair Stenvick

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Video Games May 5 8:00 AM

Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Tues May 5

Mercury Staff

Science! Aug 22 12:20 PM

The 2020 Presidential Race Just Lost the Only Candidate Appropriately Concerned About Climate Change

Erik Henriksen

News Jul 9 12:59 PM

Rep. Earl Blumenauer on Climate Change: "Congress Needs to Understand This Is an Emergency and Act Like It"

Erik Henriksen

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The <i>Portland Mercury</i>’s Sinus Infection Report!

Science! Jan 30 11:10 AM

The Portland Mercury’s Sinus Infection Report!

Erik Henriksen

Anti-Vaxxer Parents Just Got Slammed By the <i>New York Times</i>

News Jan 21 10:10 AM

Anti-Vaxxer Parents Just Got Slammed By the New York Times

Wm. Steven Humphrey

Science! Dec 20 4:00 AM

Portland’s Crows Are Back. So Are the Laser-Guided Hawks That Scare Them Off.

Sarah Vitak

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Science! Nov 27 2:07 PM

Climate Change Experts Predict Dire Future for Northwest

Katie Herzog

<i>Mercury</i> Sex Survey Results: Let's Talk Orgies!

Sex Nov 13 9:30 AM

Mercury Sex Survey Results: Let's Talk Orgies!

Wm. Steven Humphrey

Sex Nov 12 9:29 AM

Sex Survey Results: Apparently You Like Public Sex

Wm. Steven Humphrey

Attention! The <i>Mercury</i> Sex Survey Closes on Friday, November 2!

Sex Oct 31 2:45 PM

Attention! The Mercury Sex Survey Closes on Friday, November 2!

Wm. Steven Humphrey

Take the <i>Mercury</i>'s 2018 SEX SURVEY!

Sex Oct 17 10:00 AM

Take the Mercury's 2018 SEX SURVEY!

Wm. Steven Humphrey

Sex Oct 12 3:30 PM

Take the Mercury's 2018 SEX SURVEY!

Wm. Steven Humphrey

Sex Oct 9 10:41 AM

Take the Mercury's 2018 SEX SURVEY!

Wm. Steven Humphrey

Food and Drink Aug 28 11:46 AM

The Swarm of Bees in Times Square Is Not a Metaphor for Anything

Ned Lannamann

Movies & TV Jun 21 2:07 PM

Point/Counterpoint: Should I Go to Jurassic World?

Elinor Jones

News Mar 16 12:32 PM

The Revolution Will Be Robotized

Kelly Kenoyer

Stephen Hawking Died, and I'm Sorry for That Dumb Joke in This Week's <i>Mercury</i>

Science! Mar 14 2:25 PM

Stephen Hawking Died, and I'm Sorry for That Dumb Joke in This Week's Mercury

Erik Henriksen

Politics Jan 29 11:37 AM

Cuckold Study Gets Conservative Panties in a Knot

Katie Herzog

News Jan 3 12:02 PM

Forget All This Button Talk—Space Trash Could Kill Us All

Ned Lannamann

Science! Dec 19 3:10 PM

Former Head of Secret Government UFO Program Says We Are Not Alone

Katie Herzog

Rejoice, for the New Season of OPB's <i>Oregon Field Guide</i> Starts Tonight

TV Oct 5 2:29 PM

Rejoice, for the New Season of OPB's Oregon Field Guide Starts Tonight

Ned Lannamann

News Sep 28 11:12 AM

Monsanto Tried to Kill a Lawsuit Over Portland River Contamination. It Failed.

Dirk VanderHart

Cannabis Sep 25 10:53 AM

Cannabis Community Fair and Book Launch

Josh Jardine

Science! Aug 23 11:29 AM

This Week's Letters to the Editor Are... Really Something

Erik Henriksen

Science! Aug 21 9:59 AM

I Am Mortified by the Attention and Apologize for the Disruption

The Moon, as transcribed by Eric D. Snider

Science! Aug 21 9:29 AM

Frank Cassano Asks, “What Are You Doing for the Solar Eclipse?”

Frank Cassano

Science! Aug 21 8:59 AM

The Laws of God and Man Are Suspended During an Eclipse. Plan Accordingly.

Ben Coleman

Science! Aug 19 10:29 AM

How Flat-Earthers Explain the Eclipse

Kathleen Marie

Science! Aug 18 1:29 PM

Easy Ways to Make Your Own Eclipse!

Elinor Jones

Behold the <i>Portland Mercury</i>'s Eclipse Issue! Also Behold THE END OF DAYS!

Science! Aug 17 10:59 AM

Behold the Portland Mercury's Eclipse Issue! Also Behold THE END OF DAYS!

Nostradamus

Science! Aug 11 1:10 PM

Best Practices for Small Pig Adoption

Jenni Moore

Science! Jul 25 1:59 PM

Don't Worry, You'll Be Able to See Practically the Whole Eclipse from Portland Anyway

Ned Lannamann

Science! Jul 24 2:56 PM

Jerks Need to Shut Up About OMSI's Baking Soda Volcano

Wm. Steven Humphrey

Music Jun 19 1:26 PM

Sun Ra and Science at Atlas Obscura's Total Eclipse Festival in Eastern Oregon

Ned Lannamann

Movies & TV May 2 10:36 AM

Should the Fast & Furious Family Go to Outer Space? A Point/Counterpoint On the Most Urgent Issue of Our Time

Erik Henriksen & Ciara Dolan

Science! Apr 21 9:59 AM

Give a Shit About Science, Progress, and Equality? Then Don't Miss the March for Science

Erik Henriksen

Science! Feb 8 11:33 AM

Since We Won't be Teaching Science in School Anymore, Bill Nye is Here to Save the World

Bri Brey

News Feb 1 2:11 PM

As Snow Approaches, PBOT's Buying Road Salt... And Maybe Drones

Dirk VanderHart

Sex Jan 21 1:21 PM

The Women's March on Portland is Massive, Jubilant, and Lit

Dirk VanderHart

News Dec 16 9:56 AM

Hope You Like Being Cold!

Ned Lannamann

<strong>Science News</strong>: CO2 Levels Clear Frightening Threshold. So Even if Trump Loses, We're Still Fucked

Science! Sep 30 3:19 PM

Science News: CO2 Levels Clear Frightening Threshold. So Even if Trump Loses, We're Still Fucked

Ethan Linck

Science! Sep 19 2:11 PM

Neil deGrasse Tyson Talks Ignorance, Dragons, Ibsen, and Ben DeLaCreme. You Know, the Usual.

Matt Baume

Science! Aug 24 2:38 PM

Pack Your Bags, There's a New Planet For Us to Ruin!

Jennifer Campbell

News Jul 25 12:32 PM

Contrary to Bullseye Glass's Claims, a New State Report Suggests the Company’s Been Releasing Harmful Chromium

Daniel Forbes

<strong>Science News:</strong> Trump's VP Pick Mike Pence Is Bad on Global Warming and Evolution, Our Oceans Need the Volume Turned Down

Science! Jul 15 1:50 PM

Science News: Trump's VP Pick Mike Pence Is Bad on Global Warming and Evolution, Our Oceans Need the Volume Turned Down

Ethan Linck

Yes, Last Night's <I>Game of Thrones</I> Was Amazing, but It's Got Nothing on <I>Vaxxed</I>

Movies & TV Jun 20 12:54 PM

Yes, Last Night's Game of Thrones Was Amazing, but It's Got Nothing on Vaxxed

Erik Henriksen

Why Is Portland's Cinema 21 Showing <i>Vaxxed</i>?

Movies & TV Jun 8 7:44 AM

Why Is Portland's Cinema 21 Showing Vaxxed?

Erik Henriksen

Science! May 17 8:59 AM

Scientists Have Invented Invisible Wood (Not A Penis Joke)

Campy Draper

TV May 4 1:59 PM

Jimmy Kimmel Okay with Climate Change Wiping Out Human Race (and You Will Be, Too!)

Wm. Steven Humphrey

News Jan 12 8:59 AM

Must Read of the Day: How the Bundy "Militia" Occupation of Malheur is an Attack on Science

Wm. Steven Humphrey

Movies & TV Oct 1 9:59 AM

Fuck You, Mars.

Erik Henriksen

Food and Drink Jun 24 12:33 PM

The Science of What You Eat and Drink

MJ Skegg

Dinosaurs, Disease, and Drugs—and the Scientist Behind <i>Jurassic Park</i>

Movies & TV Jun 10 1:14 PM

Dinosaurs, Disease, and Drugs—and the Scientist Behind Jurassic Park

Nathan Gilles

Drunk May 26 1:51 PM

How to Have Super-Cold Beer, Super Fast

Elinor Jones

TV Apr 19 11:29 AM

I Love Television™: The Horny-Making Science of Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Wm. Steven Humphrey

Neil DeGrasse Tyson's New Show <i>StarTalk</i> Looks AH-MAY-ZING

TV Mar 19 10:29 AM

Neil DeGrasse Tyson's New Show StarTalk Looks AH-MAY-ZING

Wm. Steven Humphrey

News Nov 21 4:02 PM

An Airline Says the City Owes it Almost $40,000 for Supplying Potentially Poop-Tinged Water

Dirk VanderHart

To Infinity and Beyond: The <i>Mercury</i>'s Review of <i>Interstellar</i>

Movies & TV Nov 5 1:19 PM

To Infinity and Beyond: The Mercury's Review of Interstellar

Erik Henriksen

Science! Oct 14 12:30 PM

New Estimate for the Amount of Dark Matter in the Milky Way

Charles Mudede

Events Sep 16 3:29 PM

It's Happening Tonight!

Mercury EverOut Staff

Science! Aug 21 9:44 AM

Volcanoes Like Iceland's Bárðarbunga Have a History of Going Beast Mode on the Planet

Grant Brissey

Food and Drink Aug 20 12:05 PM

Portland, GMOs, and Grrrrrrgh! Arrrgh! Neil deGrasse Tyson!

Erik Henriksen

News Jul 23 3:14 PM

Man Witnesses Police Shooting, Expounds on Shrubbery

Dirk VanderHart

Media Jul 7 1:29 PM

BBC Officially Has No Time for Science Skeptics

Paul Constant

Science! Jun 27 9:45 AM

Scientist Offers $10,000 to Anyone Who Can Scientifically Disprove Climate Change

Paul Constant

Astronomy Jun 24 1:59 PM

Happy Martian Birthday, Curiosity!

Marjorie Skinner

<i>Time Team America</i>'s New Season Debuts on OPB Tonight

TV Jun 16 2:44 PM

Time Team America's New Season Debuts on OPB Tonight

Marjorie Skinner

Science! Apr 15 1:59 PM

Neil deGrasse Tyson! In Portland!

Erik Henriksen

TV Apr 7 9:59 AM

I Really Want To Hate Neil DeGrasse Tyson, But It's Not Working

Alex Falcone

Politics Apr 4 9:59 AM

Science Can Tell If You're A Conservative?

Jen Graves

Science! Mar 20 12:29 PM

Drones: Not Just For Killing People Anymore

Erik Henriksen

?!?!? Mar 14 9:44 AM

Plane vs. Ocean

Anthony Hecht

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Religion Mar 13 10:14 AM

Which Hillbilly State "Accidentally" Edited "Evolution" Out of Cosmos?

Wm. Steven Humphrey

Food and Drink Feb 25 11:44 AM

What Portland's Whole Foods and Kentucky's Creation Museum Have In Common

Erik Henriksen

Tech Feb 13 12:59 PM

:D No, wait. :(

Erik Henriksen

TV Feb 5 2:59 PM

Here's Patrick Stewart As a Lunar Rover, You're Welcome

Erik Henriksen

Religion Feb 5 9:44 AM

The Science Guy vs. The Creationist Guy

Dan Savage

The New Trailer for <i>Cosmos</i>: the Reboot!

TV Jan 30 10:59 AM

The New Trailer for Cosmos: the Reboot!

Wm. Steven Humphrey

Food and Drink Jan 20 12:44 PM

OMSI's Food Luminary Dinners Re-Launch This Week

Marjorie Skinner

Events Jan 15 12:59 PM

The Cabinet of Wonder Festival

Marjorie Skinner

Religion Jan 3 9:48 AM

Bill Nye the Science Guy to Debate Creation Museum Founder About Evolution

David Schmader

?!?!? Nov 20 10:14 AM

Tonight's Nightmare... Today!

Wm. Steven Humphrey

Science! Nov 1 11:59 AM

Don Ehlen's Insect Safari

Marjorie Skinner

Science! Oct 21 12:32 PM

The Science Studio's "Best Science Multimedia on the Web"

Alison Hallett

Science! Oct 17 12:59 PM

Do You Know Where You'll Go Poo After a Big Earthquake?

Nathan Gilles

Science! Oct 17 9:44 AM

"We Don't Know What the Best Questions Are to Ask That Computer"

Paul Constant

Science! Oct 9 11:17 AM

City Club Bravely Attempts to Bridge Fluoridation Rhetoric Gap

Denis C. Theriault

Tech Sep 24 3:01 PM

Shutting Down Comments for Science

Paul Constant

Science! Sep 19 2:14 PM

Are These Organisms Proof of Alien Life?

Christopher Frizzelle

Science! Sep 17 2:44 PM

Meet Your Average, Everyday Sadists

Cienna Madrid

Bill Nye the Science Guy on <i>Dancing with the Stars</i>

TV Sep 17 11:14 AM

Bill Nye the Science Guy on Dancing with the Stars

Wm. Steven Humphrey

Science! Sep 11 10:44 AM

Today in Scientific Marvel Cow Stampedes

Wm. Steven Humphrey

Science! Aug 29 9:59 AM

Life Came From Mars?

Charles Mudede

Movies & TV Aug 26 11:50 AM

OMSI Plans IMAX Theater Renovations of... Some Sort

Erik Henriksen

Food and Drink Aug 19 9:44 AM

Don't Look at Anything Under a Microscope Unless You're Ready to Be Schooled in How Gross It Is

David Schmader

Science! Aug 8 2:59 PM

Majestic and Beautiful, the Powerful and Graceful Leonardo DiCaprio Floats Above Earth's Petty Constraints, All But Walking on Water

Erik Henriksen

Trailer for <strike>Carl Sagan's</strike> Neil deGrasse Tyson's <i>Cosmos</i>

TV Jul 22 10:44 AM

Trailer for Carl Sagan's Neil deGrasse Tyson's Cosmos

Erik Henriksen

Science!

After years of mishaps and notable animal deaths, new legislation aims to give the public more insight into a federally-funded testing site.

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