Human presence disrupts balance between leopards and hyenas in East Africa

Camera trap footage in Udzungwa. From left to right: Female leopard, hyena, male leopard. Credit: Rasmus W. Havmøller Who is stronger? A lone leopard or the cackling of hyenas? And who can best handle people? Researchers from the University of Copenhagen studied this closely in a large East African nature reserve surrounded by rural settlements. … Read more

Concord First Hands-On: Lots of Balance to Go, and Not Much Time – IGN

Concord was originally teased last year with a simple video showing a ship through space. I think there was a hamburger involved. Anyway, after seeing that short teaser I was honestly expecting to see a story-driven FPS – this is a first-party Sony game, after all – but maybe it would be something like an … Read more

Research on C. elegans shows that the mRNA balance in cells influences lifespan

Composite image of fluorescently labeled nuclei in each cell of five different C. elegans, captured in the Advanced Light Microscopy Unit at the CRG. Credit: Jeremy Vicencio, Nadia Halidi/Centro de Regulación Genómica Why do some people live longer than others? The genes in our DNA sequence are important and help prevent disease or maintain general … Read more

Elden Ring patch 1.12 is now available, adding new features and adjusting the balance ahead of Erdtree

Update: Elden Ring’s 1.12 update is now available for download and is fully detailed. We’ve included the key points from the patch notes below. Elden Ring Update 1.12 Patch Notes New functions Added support for the SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE DLC. Five new hairstyles have been added to the game. They can be selected during … Read more

XDefiant developers talk about Bunny Hopping, Balance and new cards

While the dust settled on a hectic (and messy) launch, I got a chance to talk to the FPS XChallenging‘s executive producer Mark Rubin and creative director Safy Saada on the free-to-play Duty-like the first few weeks, how the Ubisoft team is balancing the game, the all-important bunny hopping, making good maps, and the future … Read more