In the vast majority of video games, death is a bedrock mechanic, if not a particularly novel one. You fall down a pit in Super Mario Bros., you lose a life, you go back to a checkpoint, that’s it.

Oh, sure, I can “code.” That is, I can flail my way through a block of (relatively simple) pseudocode and follow the flow. I have a reasonably technical layperson’s understanding of conditionals and ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: To understand the mantle—the largest layer of Earth’s rocky body—scientists drill deep cores out of the Earth. Scientists drilled the deepest core ...

The first-person shooter space still has room to grow, and few games prove this better than 2020's DOOM Eternal, a rip-roaring romp through Hell and back which, for my money, is one of the best single ...

A little more than a year ago, on a trip to Nairobi, Kenya, some colleagues and I met a 12-year-old Masai boy named Richard Turere, who told us a fascinating story. His family raises livestock on the ...

Convincing runners to add strength training to their schedules is no easy feat. But hear us out: Lifting weights can make you a better runner in a few different ways. You’ll run more efficiently, ...

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