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Marathon review scores are trending up, which locks it for the 2026 Game Awards
Bungie's extraction shooter is steadily winning over critics, making it the favorite to win Best Multiplayer Game, and a potential GOTY nominee
The time capsule in the salt flat
There is a place in northern Chile, 3,500 meters above sea level in the Andean Altiplano, where almost nothing survives. The Salar de Pajonales is a salt flat of savage extremes temperatures swinging from −23°C to 26°C, solar radiation among the highest measured anywhere on
Crimson Desert 1.01 Patch Fixes Cow Herding, Other Quality Of Life Updates
The patch is surprisingly robust, bringing fixes for everything from flight stamina cost to improved controls
TESS discovers an Earth-sized planet orbiting nearby M-dwarf star
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered an extrasolar planet orbiting TOI-4616—a nearby M-dwarf star. The newfound alien world, which received designation TOI-4616 b, is slightly larger than Earth. The
The latest Crimson Desert patch adds five new mounts and makes it so you only get in trouble for stealing if you get caught
Fixes and quality-of-life improvements abound.
Two India-flagged gas tankers crossing the Strait of Hormuz after Iran opens waterway to ‘non-hostile vessels’
The US-Israeli war against Iran has all but halted shipping through the strait, but Iran said this week that "non-hostile vessels" may transit the waterway if they coordinate with Iranian authorities.
Ancient Neanderthal genome reveals isolated, distinct populations
Neanderthals split into distinct regional groups that developed genetic differences far sooner than modern human populations typically did, according to a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. These findings were based on the analysis of a newly
Benson Boone Bakes Up ‘Wanted Man’ Arena Tour
Just weeks after wrapping American Heart Tour, singer announces 39-date trek for this summer
Damon and Baby review: hellishly fun new Metroidvania shooter
Arc Systems Works is known for anime fighters like Dragon Ball FighterZ, but it successfully experiments with a new genre with Damon and Baby.
Eco-friendly hair repair adds to more natural personal care product pipeline
Hair damaged by dyes, bleaching or harsh sunlight has just got special treatment. Green chemistry researchers at Flinders University are experimenting with plant-based oils to develop a promising new structural keratin-type repair application to reduce breakage and improve hair
The world's waste mountain is rising at an alarming rate
The world is struggling to deal with ever-growing quantities of waste. A new World Bank Group report, What a Waste 3.0, shows that more than 2.6 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste (which includes rubbish from households, businesses and street cleaning) were generated in
Trump damages our economic and national security, breaking campaign promises
President Trump has broken campaign promises, damaged America's economy and national security, and has been met with little resistance from Republican majorities in Congress.
The director of Tales of Kenzera: Zau learned his most important game development lesson while working with Ridley Scott: 'That's why we're able to make games faster'
"You have to do the work in order to find that voice, or find that thing that makes you kind of stick out and stand out."
‘Happy Death Day’ Star Jessica Rothe Says Director Christopher Landon Has Third Installment ‘Figured Out’: ‘At This Point, it’s Just Logistics’
“Happy Death Day” star Jessica Rothe is happy to relive another day as Tree Gelbman in the franchise’s third installment. Rothe, who starred in the 2017 film “Happy Death Day” and its 2019 sequel, “Happy Death Day 2U,” recently revealed that writer and director Christopher
Key Iranian official Ghalibaf: U.S. negotiating publicly while secretly planning ground invasion
The parliament speaker said Iran's military is waiting for U.S. ground forces to enter so it can 'set them ablaze' and 'punish' U.S. allies in the region. Earlier on Sunday, The Washington Post reported that the U.S. Defense Department is preparing for ground operations in Iran
Gardening and the Creative Spirit: 200 Years of Great Writers and Artists on the Rewards of Soil and Seed
Emily Dickinson, Virginia Woolf, Oliver Sacks, Rebecca Solnit, Bronson Alcott, Michael Pollan, Jamaica Kincaid, and more.
Booker on Trump paying TSA: ‘Why didn't he do this weeks ago’
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Sunday criticized President Trump over paying Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers amid the ongoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown. “I just want to continue to emphasize that we are seeing a colossal failure in
'Legitimate targets': Iran threatens to strike American and Israeli universities across the Middle East
Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned 'all employees, professors and students' of U.S. universities in the Middle East to move away from their campuses. The American University of Beirut moved to online classes
Avatar Legends may be the first great Avatar: The Last Airbender game
A July release date has been revealed for the fighting game based on Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra.
Israeli police block Latin Patriarch from Palm Sunday mass in Jerusalem
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says it was a safety measure following recent Iranian strikes.
James Blake Asks for His Production Credit on Kanye West’s ‘Bully’ to Be Removed
James Blake has asked for his name to be removed from the production credits of Kanye West’s track “This One Here,” featured on the artist now known as Ye’s new-ish album “Bully.” Blake says his “original version” of the track, which was recorded several years ago, “is
Rob Schneider Says the U.S. ‘Must Restore the Military Draft’ Amid Iran War: ‘These Freedoms That We Cherish Do Not Come Without Cost’
Rob Schneider took to X on Friday to declare that the United States “must restore the military draft for our nation’s young people” amid the ongoing war with Iran. “Each and every American, at eighteen years of age, must serve two years of military service,” Schneider, who has
Israeli police block Catholic cardinal from Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni criticised the police action, saying that denying entry to religious leaders "constitutes an offence not only to believers, but for every community that recognises religious freedom."
Muted Palm Sunday in Syria after violence in Christian town
Worshippers attended a muted Palm Sunday service at a Greek Catholic cathedral in Damascus after the city's churches decided to limit celebrations to prayers only after violence hit a Christian town. On Friday night, Suqaylabiyah, one of the largest Christian communities in
Novel protocol reconstructs quantum states in large-scale experiments up to 96 qubits
Quantum computers, systems that process information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, could outperform classical computers on some computationally demanding tasks. Despite their potential, as the size of quantum computers increases, reliably describing and measuring the
