MechWarrior 5: Clans couldn’t have happened without Duke Nukem Forever
Creating a MechWarrior game is complicated for reasons far beyond game development. You also need to factor in IP law, anime, and ... Duke Nukem?.....»»
Time and beauty reveal the physics of human perceptions
Adrian Bejan, the J.A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Duke University, has published a new book titled "Time and Beauty: Why Time Flies and Beauty Never Dies." This is Bejan's fourth book written for a general audience tha.....»»
Evolutionary Anthropologist Busts Myths About How Humans Burn Calories
Herman Pontzer, a biological anthropologist at the Pontzer lab at Duke University, works with his colleagues to "systematically measure the total energy used per day by animals and people in various walks of life," reports Science.org. "The answers c.....»»
How superbugs use mirror images to create antibiotic resistance
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial infection that has become resistant to most of the antibiotics used to treat regular staph infections. Duke University computer scientist Bruce Donald and collaborators at the Universi.....»»
What Ever Happened to Netscape Navigator?
It was a magical time, PC sales were just booming and if you were lucky, yours would come with a modem for dial-up Internet access. You would hear the scrambling sound of your phone line connecting you to the world. Launching Netscape and staring at.....»»
US says Russian state hackers lurked in defense contractor networks for months
Multiple hacks over 2 years revealed sensitive info about weapons and comms platforms. Enlarge / What's happened to Russia's flag? (credit: Sean Gladwell / Getty Images) Hackers backed by the Russian government have breached t.....»»
Someone created a Wordle archive, so you can solve puzzles from the past
Duke University computational biology student Devang Thakkar has created a Wordle Archive that allows anybody to return to any previous puzzles they may have missed. The game looks and works identical to the Josh Wardle's original except for the navi.....»»
TikTok"s Missed Connections: better than Craigslist
Once upon a time on the internet, if you had a brief encounter with someone you couldn't stop thinking about, you might post something poetic about it on Craigslist's Missed Connections. But that once-beloved section of the site has been a shadow of.....»»
The Instant Pot Pro Plus Smart is on sale for the first time ever
SAVE $20.04: Instant Pot's newest and most high-tech pot, the Pro Plus Smart Multicooker, is on sale for the first time ever. It's 12% off: Grab one from Amazon for just $149.95 as of Feb. 11.Just when we thought the Instant Pot couldn't get any bett.....»»
The Greatest Physics Demo of All Time Happened on the Moon
This true story of a hammer, a feather, the Apollo 15 mission, and the answers to humanity's oldest questions about how stuff falls. From a report: Does a falling object move at a constant speed, or does it speed up? If you drop a heavy object and a.....»»
The Greatest Physics Demo of All Time Happened on the Moon
This is the true story of a hammer, a feather, the Apollo 15 mission, and the answers to humanity’s oldest questions about how stuff falls......»»
SpaceX launch-disrupting cruise ship is under investigation
It’s not every day that the path of a commercial cruise ship interferes with a spaceship attempting to launch, at least not outside of some cheesy sci-fi movie. Yet, that’s exactly what happened in late January. Now, the US Coast Guard wa.....»»
AirPods are so cheap right now on Amazon, it might be a mistake
Can you imagine seeing discounts on brand new Apple products a few years ago? Something like AirPods deals with deep discounts never would have happened. But now that Apple works more closely with top retailers like Amazon, things have changed. We ac.....»»
Chicken salad recall issued over dangerous bacteria contamination
Listeria monocytogenes is a bacteria that can contaminate all types of foods. Once it shows up in routine testing, products are recalled from stores if the manufacturer still sells them. That’s what would’ve happened with Simply Fresh Mar.....»»
Origin of supermassive black hole flares identified: Simulations suggest flickering powered by magnetic "reconnection"
Black holes aren't always in the dark. Astronomers have spotted intense light shows shining from just outside the event horizon of supermassive black holes, including the one at our galaxy's core. However, scientists couldn't identify the cause of th.....»»
Elden Ring director says George R.R. Martin will be ‘shocked’
FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki thinks George R.R. Martin might be a bit shocked when he sees what's happened to some Elden Ring characters......»»
Every video game delay that’s happened in 2022
From S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 to Rumbleverse and more, this is every significant video game delay that has happened in 2022......»»
How we discovered a rare giant millipede fossil on a beach, and why it matters
Ever stumbled upon a huge fossil on your holiday? That's what happened to me and two friends in January 2018, on a beach in Howick in the north of England,while on a geological road-trip across England and Wales. It was pure fluke, but it turned out.....»»
Unknown Space Object Beaming Out Radio Signals Every 18 Minutes Remains a Mystery
While mapping radio waves across the universe, astronomers happened upon a celestial object releasing giant bursts of energy -- and it's unlike anything they've ever seen before. From a report: The spinning space object, spotted in March 2018, beamed.....»»
What Ever Happened to Hotmail?
It wasn't that difficult to be perceived as a technology bigwig in the mid-90s. All you needed to impress the masses was a spiffy email address, and there was no provider hotter than the aptly-named Hotmail......»»
The Log4Shell vulnerability: A postmortem
It's essential to reflect on what happened with the Log4Shell vulnerability, what went well, and, critically, what could have gone better. It's essential to reflect on what happened with the Log4Shell vulnerability, what went well, and, criticall.....»»