December 16, 2024

A new study that analyzed 9,855 American children first at ages 9-10, and then again two years later, has unusually taken great pains to account for both genetic differences in intelligence as well as the effects of socioeconomic status. Wealthier people are typically healthier and more educated, which leads them to perform better on standardized intelligence tests. So what did this new study find about the effects of video games on a child’s intelligence? In

FromSoftware’s Elden Ring isn’t just racking up yearly game awards for the company, it’s also hauling in serious cash with impressive sales numbers. Bandai Namco, the game’s publisher, has announced that Elden Ring has sold 28.6 million copies as of September 2024. With a fresh surge in sales thanks to the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC that launched earlier this year, which managed to make the cut at The Game Awards as a nominee for

A new research has revealed that sun-like stars in our galaxy experience one violent “superflare” approximately once every hundred years—far more often that scientists previously thought. With that, many believe that the Sun in our solar system is overdue for such a superflare, especially since the last one was back in 664 B.C., according to evidences. If it happens again, the impact of that event on Earth’s technology infrastructure and compromised biosphere could potentially be

Well, it finally happened. The infamous cryptocurrency transaction involving 10,000 Bitcoins for a pair of Papa John’s pizzas back on May 22, 2010 has surpassed the $1 billion mark. It reached that mark when Bitcoin breached the $100,000 mark, and at the time of this writing, it’s trading at over $106,000 for a new all-time high. That puts the value of the pizza transaction from 14 years ago at over $1.06 billion (and climbing). Talk