Mouthwashing’s Space Horror Comes to Consoles on October 29
A doomed freighter is frightening enough. Mouthwashing makes the situation worse by leaving its mutilated captain alive—and dependent on the crew he has condemned.
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The Years of Care Women Give—and What the Numbers Leave Out
A new U.S. study estimates women spend three more years of their lives caring for older adults than men do. That gap is about more than family duty: it raises questions about whose time supports ageing—and how care can be shared.
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A 13,800-Year-Old Alaska Camp May Hold the Americas’ Earliest Home
A hearth, a vanished wooden post and a pit may be traces of an ancient shelter. Together, they offer a rare glimpse of how people began making a home in a new land.
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A lone positron could put nature’s deepest symmetry to the test
Matter fills the observable universe, while antimatter is scarce. A new experiment is preparing to probe that imbalance by listening to the quantum “steps” of a single positron.
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Call of Duty’s Hardest Score to Improve Isn’t a Sales Number
Activision says Black Ops 7 missed the tone players wanted—and that Modern Warfare 4 can fail even if it sells. The challenge is making that promise mean something beyond the next launch.
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What Did a Moche Infant’s Burial Say About Power?
More than 30 ceramic vessels and a possible copper mask accompanied a child at a temple in coastal Peru. The grave raises a striking question: how could status be expressed before a person could speak—or act?
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The Game Loading Screen Microsoft Wants to Make Disappear
A game’s first pause may happen before you even play: your PC is translating graphics instructions. Microsoft’s shader-delivery system aims to move that work into the download.
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Steam’s Achievement Sets Could Give Completionists Their Progress Back
A DLC update can turn a once-perfect achievement list into an unfinished one. Steam’s new Achievement Sets aim to preserve the satisfaction of completion—even as games keep growing.
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The Roman Coffin That May Have Held a Medieval Abbot
A stone coffin bearing a Roman name contained a man who died centuries later. New dating narrows the mystery—but two Westminster abbots still fit the evidence.
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