‘Bioshock 4’ Could Embrace the Most Annoying Trend in Modern Gaming

It’s been over a decade since a new Bioshock game came out, far too long for one of the medium’s most important franchises. The original trilogy was a groundbreaking fusion of role-playing and first-person shooter action, and all three games are widely regarded as some of the best ever released… two console generations ago. Ever … Read more

A stegosaurus fossil could fetch $6 million at Sotheby’s. Should they be auctioned?

A 150-million-year-old fossil of a stegosaurus specimen is on display at Sotheby’s in New York. The fossil, named “Apex” by the paleontologist who discovered it, is expected to fetch $4 million to $6 million at auction, making it one of the most expensive fossils ever sold. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images hide caption switch caption … Read more

Do animals have friends?

Two elephants stand close together and curl their trunks around each other

In 2020, a viral video of an unusual interaction between a badger and a coyote captivated the internet. Filmed by a camera with a remote sensor in California’s Santa Cruz Mountains, the images showed the two animals into a culvert to pass under a highway. With a wagging tail, the coyote ran toward the badger … Read more

Bug flies thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean

A Painted Lady butterfly visits children at the Tenafly Nature Center in Tenafly, New Jersey on July 5, 2024.

These ladies are found all over the world, but new research shows that these brave butterflies can migrate thousands of miles across the ocean. Painted Ladies, Vanessa cardfly at least 2,610 miles (4,200 kilometers) across the Atlantic Ocean, from West Africa to French Guiana in South America, according to a new study published in June … Read more

Don’t Let Anyone You Know Buy These Cheap Smartwatch Amazon Prime Day Deals

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The Amazon Prime Day Sale are almost here and while the sale doesn’t officially start until Tuesday, July 16, some of the earliest known Amazon Prime Day Smartwatch Deals are already live. Historically, Amazon Prime Day is a chance to best apple watches, best garmin watchesbest running watches, or even the best golf watches at … Read more

What are you playing this weekend? (July 13)

Jim Norman, Editor Just like last weekend, I’ll be pouring my heart and soul into Hades for the next few days. I’ve yet to complete a full run (I had to take a break for my own sanity after reaching Hades’ second attack phase before dying), but I’m determined to do so soon. Pretty cool … Read more

This is the real deal with Boeing’s Starliner right now

Two NASA astronauts who flew the new Starliner spacecraft in June unexpectedly enjoyed an extended stay in space. While sensational headlines described the test pilots as “stuck” or “beached,” Boeing, the company that built the capsule, has assured the public that the crew is not in danger and does not need to be rescued. Prime … Read more

BMW M3 CS vs Litchfield BMW M2: Which is the Best Track Car? | Evo

The normal laws of mathematics don’t seem to apply to either of these cars. There are numbers associated with both that are slightly confusing. One of those is 640bhp, the output of the M2. It’s been refurbished by Litchfield Motors , as the Tewkesbury-based tuning specialist turns its attention to the new G87-series M2. As … Read more

$5 Billion at Stake: Will NASA’s Europa Clipper Survive Jupiter’s Extreme Radiation?

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NASA’s Europa Clipper, shown in this illustration updated in December 2020, will fly around Jupiter on an elliptical path, diving close to its moon Europa on each flyby to collect data. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA‘S Europe The Clipper mission aims to solve problems with transistor radiation as it prepares to launch an expedition to Jupiter to … Read more

Game developer accuses Intel of selling ‘defective’ Raptor Lake CPUs

One game developer says it’s had enough of Intel’s 13th and 14th generation Core microprocessors, calling them “defective.” Australia-based indie developer studio Alderon Games vented its frustrations over Intel’s latest chips in an article titled “Intel Selling Faulty 13-14th Gen CPUs”, written by the studio’s founder Matthew Cassells. “My team at Alderon Games, working on … Read more