First ‘State of Decay 2’ content update adds stealthy crossbows

If you thought State of Decay 2 was getting a bit stale even with a little DLC, relief is at hand. Undead Labs has released its expected free Zedhunter update, and it promises some significant changes to the gameplay in addition to extra missions — and one might seem familiar. Most notably, it now includes […]

Xbox One news: Big PUBG update, State of Decay 2 patch, GTA: San Andreas release

This week saw another big PUBG update land on Xbox One, complete with Miramar upgrades. It wasn’t that long since Bluehole Inc and Microsoft released the new map on consoles. And now a new patch has been launched, aimed at improving the experience, among other things. The development team have confirmed that the Oasis in […]

Kepler caught strange supernova: Sudden surge, rapid decay

Enlarge / Kepler was made to find planets, but it’s found other uses. (credit: Kepler) The Kepler planet-hunting telescope was designed to do one thing: gather data from a single portion of the sky often enough to catch rare, brief events. The events it was looking for were slight dips in light that happened as […]

This week's top party-proof make-up products from Urban Decay, Smashbox and more

From left to right: Urban Decay Troublemaker Mascara, £19.50, urbandecay.co.uk This does everything: silica in the formula volumises (13.7 times as much, apparently), superfine fibres add length, and the specially designed comb reaches and separates out every lash. It will also stay smudge-free through even the wildest nights on the dance floor. Lancôme Teint Idole […]

Fight tooth decay: THIS unexpected natural substance could protect YOUR teeth

Experts at the University of Illinois’ Chicago College of Dentistry, USA, found that grape seed extract can help to strengthen the tissue behind a tooth’s enamel. The scientist claims that the breakthrough could prevent patients from needing fillings, and also boost the strength of the fillings themselves. Dr Rob Wain, UK dentist, said the study […]

The Data Scientist Taking on America's Urban Decay

Chatting with Stacey Mosley in a small coffee shop opposite Philadelphia’s City Hall, we are interrupted by someone insisting Mosley be introduced to a companion. Slender, soft-spoken and affable, Mosley finds herself in an usual position: She is a 30-year-old female entrepreneur and data scientist disrupting an aggressively old-school industry — real estate development. But […]

Extremely sensitive experiment shows no hint of a key radioactive decay

Enlarge / The interior of the GERDA detector, made reflective to increase the chance of picking up stray light. (credit: K. Freund, GERDA collaboration) The Standard Model of physics, which explains the properties and interactions of the fundamental particles, does a phenomenal job with the things it gets right, and there’s nothing that it obviously […]