Mothergunship: Forge is a zany VR shooter with giant guns
Mothergunship: Forge let me build massive guns to shoot robots with in VR, and isn't that all anyone needs?.....»»
BMW, Mercedes, Volvo turn to natural fibers to make cars more sustainable
Demand is so strong for products made using alternative materials that interiors giant Forvia has created a stand-alone company to address the need......»»
The Division Resurgence: release date speculation, news, and rumors
Ubisoft is bringing its popular third-person shooter franchise to mobile devices sometime in 2024. Here's everything we know about The Division Resurgence......»»
XDefiant is nearly unplayable at launch due to server issues
XDefiant developers are working on server and online multiplayer issues that have popped up on the shooter's launch day......»»
California is about to tax guns more like alcohol and tobacco—and that could put a dent in gun violence
Starting in July 2024, California will be the first state to charge an excise tax on guns and ammunition. The new tax—an 11% levy on each sale—will come on top of federal excise taxes of 10% or 11% for firearms and California's 6% sales tax......»»
No shot: Why America won"t pull the trigger on gun control
Whether you consider the Second Amendment a dangerous relic or inspiration for a tattoo, the U.S. public as a whole doesn't consider guns an important issue, except in the immediate wake of a mass shooting......»»
Is XDefiant free?
Ubisoft's new first-person shooter is quite popular, so it makes sense you'd want to check it out. If you're wondering whether it's free, we've got the answer......»»
Is XDefiant cross-platform?
The latest free to play shooter from Ubisoft, XDefiant, needs a healthy playerbase to survive. You should know if it has cross-progression before starting......»»
East Coast has a giant offshore freshwater aquifer—how did it get there?
For water-stressed cities, undersea aquifers could be a submerged solution. Enlarge / An oceangoing scientific drilling vessel may be needed to figure out how huge undersea aquifers formed. (credit: Credit: IODP) One-qua.....»»
Ancient DNA from an extinct native duck reveals how far birds flew to make New Zealand home
Ask a bird lover if they have heard of the extinct giant moa or its ancient predator, Haast's eagle, and the answer will likely be yes. The same can't be said of New Zealand's extinct, but equally unique, mergansers—a group of fish-eating ducks wit.....»»
Webb cracks case of inflated exoplanet
Why is the warm gas-giant exoplanet WASP-107 b so puffy? Two independent teams of researchers have an answer......»»
The Division 3: release date speculation, news, and rumors
The third game in Ubisoft's massively popular third-person shooter series is definitely in development, and here's everything we currently know about it......»»
Deadlock is a new hero shooter developed by Valve, according to leaks
Valve is apparently working on a new 6v6 hero shooter called Deadlock, according to multiple noted leakers......»»
Researchers uncover how jelly sea creatures might shape modern robotics
Scientists at the University of Oregon have discovered that colonies of gelatinous sea animals swim through the ocean in giant corkscrew shapes using coordinated jet propulsion, an unusual kind of locomotion that could inspire new designs for efficie.....»»
Ubisoft cancels The Division Heartland to focus on ‘bigger opportunities’
Ubisoft announced that it's canceling development on its free-to-play shooter The Division Heartland to focus on other franchises like Rainbow Six......»»
Scientists achieve giant Rashba–Dresselhaus spin splitting in 2D chiral metal-organic frameworks
A research team led by Prof. Li Xingxing and academician Yang Jinlong from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has developed two-dimensional (2D) chiral metal-organic frameworks as Rashba-Dresselhaus (R-D) semiconductors with large s.....»»
Marvel Rivals is already fun, but it needs to lock down its identity
Marvel Rivals' alpha test showed us a fun hero shooter, though one that still needs to fully embrace its superhero identity......»»
Report: Microsoft to face antitrust case over Teams
Unbundling Teams from Office has apparently failed to impress EU regulators. Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) Brussels is set to issue new antitrust charges against Microsoft over concerns that the software giant is undermini.....»»
Novel hybrid scheme speeds the way to simulating nuclear reactions on quantum computers
The nuclear reactions that power the stars and forge the elements emerge from the interactions of the quantum mechanical particles, protons and neutrons. Explaining these processes is one of the most challenging unsolved problems in computational phy.....»»
Identity crisis: Climate destroying wonders that gave US parks their names
Glacier National Park's ice fortress is crumbling. The giant trees of Sequoia National Park are ablaze. And even the tenacious cacti of Saguaro National Park are struggling to endure a decades-long drought......»»
Computer models suggest modern plate tectonics are due to blobs left behind by cosmic collision
A small team of geologists and seismologists at the California Institute of Technology has found evidence via computer modeling that suggest giant blobs of material near the Earth's core, believed to have been created by a cosmic collision 4.5 billio.....»»