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May 30

Recent Crash Bandicoot and Spyro developers Toys for Bob have celebrated becoming an independent studio today on social media platform X. The company managed to negotiate with Microsoft when the tech monolith purchased Activision-Blizzard and are now finally independent. It is not clear what they are working on next, but whatever it is, it will […]

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Splatoon 3 updating to Version 8.0.0 tomorrow (patch notes)

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Splatoon 3 updating to Version 8.0.0 tomorrow (patch notes)

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May 30

Splatoon 3 continues to get a lot of support from Nintendo, and it shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. The game has received DLC support courtesy of an Expansion Pass, and the game is getting updated very regularly with new updates that adds more things, re-balances the game and fixes bugs. Well, the […]

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Don’t Believe the Biggest Myth About Heat Pumps

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05.29.24

Your weekly roundup of the best stories on health care, the climate crisis, genetic engineering, robotics, space, and more.

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HOT AIR | 5-MINUTE READ

Don't Believe the Biggest Myth About Heat Pumps

By Matt Simon

Not only do heat pumps work fine in cold weather, they're still more efficient than gas furnaces in such conditions.

CLIMATE CHANGE | 6-MINUTE READ

Mexico Is So Hot, Monkeys Are Falling to Their Death From Trees

By Geraldine Castro

Authorities and conservation groups are investigating the deaths of dozens of howler monkeys in Tabasco, where extreme heat and land-use change appear to be threatening the vulnerable species.

POWER UP | 2-MINUTE READ

How Many Charging Stations Would We Need to Totally Replace Gas Stations?

By Aarian Marshall

The United States could fully transition to electric vehicles in about 20 years. When that happens, we're going to need a lot of chargers.

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PHYSICS | 11-MINUTE READ

Does String Theory Actually Describe the World? AI May Be Able to Tell

By Charlie Wood

Using machine learning, string theorists are finally showing how microscopic configurations of extra dimensions translate into sets of elementary particles—though not yet those of our universe.

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The Auroras Should Be Spectacular This Summer, Thanks to Solar Maximum

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Increasing solar activity over the next year could bring more opportunities to see fantastic displays of the northern lights.

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US Offshore Wind Farms Are Being Strangled With Red Tape

By Christopher Niezrecki

This year has seen wind farm costs rise and many projects canceled as developers struggle with opaque regulations and determined opposition—but the industry is far from dead.

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