The Gamespot Phenomenon
I expect we’ll be exploring, unscrambling, pontificating, and dealing with what is happening with Gamespot (GME) for a while. If you are reading this in the future and want some historical context for the rest of this post, this chart from the.....»»
Get Your Coins Moving: Some Parts of the US Face a Shortage of Quarters
Heidi Thorsen owns the coin-only laundromat "Lunar Laundry" in Seattle — and discovered an odd phenomenon, reports the Seattle Times. "Thorsen went to her bank to replenish her coin supply. But the bank was so short on change, she could only bu.....»»
Using the principle behind coffee ring effect in quantum dot arrays
If spilled coffee is not immediately wiped off, it leaves behind a stain where the edges are darker than the rest. This phenomenon is called the coffee ring effect. Using this principle, a POSTECH research team has recently developed a new method for.....»»
5 Ways Augmented Reality (AR) Can Streamline Retail Industry
Introduction Before the internet became a rising phenomenon, the retail business was all about customers interacting with the products directly. The scene changed in the ’90s as retail businesses started evolving into online and eCommerce busine.....»»
Previewer finds first Craig the Brute Easter egg in Halo Infinite
Microsoft and 343 Industries have taken the Craig the Brute phenomenon in stride, promising to put Craig Easter eggs throughout Halo Infinite, and previewers have just found one. YouTuber Mint Blitz posted a video to his YouTube channel showing how t.....»»
Go behind the scenes of ‘Shaun of the Dead’ with exclusive ‘You’ve Got Red On You’ excerpt
If you’re a fan of director Edgar Wright’s 2004 zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead, you need to check out Clark Collis’s upcoming book You’ve Got Red On You, an in-depth look at the making of the pop culture phenomenon.The book f.....»»
DIY radiative cooler developed to serve as a research standard
The term "greenhouse effect" became part of public lexicon decades ago, thanks to the ongoing discourse on climate change. A natural phenomenon, the greenhouse effect describes how heat from the sun, in the form of radiation, is trapped by gases in t.....»»
Study explores the origin of clonal dominance in excitable cell networks
Clonal dominance is a phenomenon that occurs when descendants (i.e., clones) of one or more founder cells in an organism contribute disproportionally to the system's final structure as the tissue grows. This phenomenon is associated with numerous bio.....»»
Mathematicians derive the formulas for boundary layer turbulence 100 years after the phenomenon was first formulated
Turbulence makes many people uneasy or downright queasy. And it's given researchers a headache, too. Mathematicians have been trying for a century or more to understand the turbulence that arises when a flow interacts with a boundary, but a formulati.....»»
Smart textiles: High performance, breathable fabric to power small electronics
The triboelectric effect is a phenomenon where a charge is generated on two dissimilar materials when the materials are moved apart after being in contact with each other. Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) use this effect to convert mechanical mot.....»»
Electric ecology: Ingenious ways animals and plants use electricity
When you hear the word "electricity," thoughts of power lines or household appliances are probably conjured up in your mind. But electricity is not just a modern human phenomenon—it was around long before us and, in fact, long before planet Earth......»»
Key witness helps scientists detect "spooky" quantum entanglement in solid materials
Quantum entanglement occurs when two particles appear to communicate without a physical connection, a phenomenon Albert Einstein famously called "spooky action at a distance." Nearly 90 years later, a team led by the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak R.....»»
Using machine learning to predict a ground frost
Machine learning can be used to forecast when a geographical region might have a ground frost, according to new work published in the International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems. Weather forecasting for a specific phenomenon, such as.....»»
Three-channel Kondo effect discovered in cubic holmium compound
A scientist from Tokyo Metropolitan University has applied numerical methods to capture the hallmarks of a quantum phenomenon known as the three-channel Kondo effect in an f-electron system for the first time. Professor Takashi Hotta showed how elect.....»»
Scientists discover phenomenon of ultra-long spin relaxation in 2D van der Waals magnetic materials
Groups of scientists found in 2017 that long-range magnetic order can stably existence at atomic layer thickness in two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials. This significant discovery provides ideal materials platform for the realization o.....»»
Communication with Mars rover has been restored after multi-week blackout
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) celebrated this week as connectivity with the Mars-based Perseverance rover was restored. The planned period of radio silence was the result of a natural phenomenon known as a solar conjunction. The re-establish.....»»
Squid Game is Netflix’s biggest show ever, adding 4.4 million subscribers in Q3
Netflix added more subscribers than expected in the third quarter of 2021, with the Korean phenomenon Squid Game leading the way......»»
Tuning transparency and opacity
Making a dark human hair transparent, or even an opaque bar of silicon: this optical "sorcery" is possible by manipulating the incident light. This new phenomenon is called "mutual extinction and transparency." Until now only existing in theory, phot.....»»
Former "Donkey Kong" Record Holder Billy Mitchell May Now Sue Twin Galaxies
"Billy Mitchell always has a plan," said Billy Mitchell in the 2007 documentary about Donkey Kong high scores, The King of Kong. And he tweeted the phrase again Wednesday. GameSpot explains why. "Billy Mitchell, the professional gamer and hot sauce.....»»
20 Years Later, Xbox Creator Apologizes To AMD CEO For Last-Minute Switch To Intel
The original Xbox was released 20 years ago next month, and to mark the upcoming anniversary, the console's designer has apologized to AMD's engineers and its CEO for Microsoft's last-minute decision to drop AMD for rival Intel. GameSpot reports: Sea.....»»
Astronaut Spots Rare and Ethereal "Transient Luminous Event" From ISS
"Transient luminous event" sounds like a euphemism for a ghost, but it's actually a beautiful phenomenon that can sometimes be seen from the International Space Station. European Space Agency astronaut and current ISS resident Thomas Pesquet shared a.....»»