Alien: Isolation's Xenomorph doesn’t need to resort to try-hard jumpscares

Players do get little glimpses of the Xenomorph before this point — they'll witness it kill an NPC with its tail, hear it ...

How astronomers plan to detect the signatures of alien life in the atmospheres of distant planets

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large space telescope which collects light at infrared wavelengths. It has been ...
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Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA Discovered? 500-Year-Old Disputed Drawing May Preserve Genetic Material Linked to Renaissance Artist

Researchers report having collected DNA they believe to belong to the legendary artist Leonardo da Vinci, offering new ...
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Best of 2025 - Age policy is a shambles. Where to from here? Part 1 & 2

Wherever you look, at residential aged care institutions, at retirement village life, at the home support package scheme, or ...

Are brain-monitoring wearables worth the hype? Neurologist explains their uses and limitations

Brain-monitoring wearables have caught the internet’s fancy after Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal’s appearance on a podcast ...

Meet Jennie, the robotic Labrador puppy unveiled at CES 2026, built to comfort seniors fighting dementia, anxiety and loneliness

Meet Jennie, the robotic Labrador puppy unveiled at CES 2026 by Tombot. Designed for seniors with dementia, she responds to ...
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8 best kid-friendly horror games on PS5 for younger children

However, there is a kid-friendly way to get your young one familiar with this cat-and-mouse horror format: Hello Neighbour. A ...

Inside the 'silly games' that fueled 'Bugonia' behind the scenes

The scene that truly made Tarantino queasy was “The Autumn Years,” which stars Terry Jones as the grotesque Mr. Creosote. In ...
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Inside the giant ocean sinkhole where marine life gives way to an alien world

In the South China Sea, near the Paracel Islands, the aqua-colored waters of an expansive shallow reef platform suddenly ...

10 Best Licensed Games of All-Time

We've ranked some of the best licensed video games of all-time, featuring some of the best Star Wars, Marvel, and DC games.
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Alien: Isolation writer originally thought Ellen Ripley's daughter as protagonist was too "Son of Frankenstein" and "convenient," but was sold after realizing "everything had ...

One thing that makes Alien: Isolation such a uniquely tense experience is that it feels so personal thanks to its protagonist, Amanda Ripley, being the daughter of Ellen Ripley, the beloved hero of ...
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Alien: Isolation writer says the game "is too scary" for a lot of people and "we probably could've sold more if we'd watered it down," and speaking for the scaredy cats, I'm so ...

Alien: Isolation is one of the most terrifying games I've ever played, and even its own writer admits it's straight-up too scary for a lot of people. Chatting on the FRVR podcast, former Creative ...