science
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Video Games May Have Just Led To A Gigantic Brain Cell Analysis Breakthrough
Researchers from the University of Queensland have used an idea inspired by video games to investigate the molecules in brain cells.
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Pokémon Scientists Have A Very Hard Job
The first thing every player sees when starting a new game of Pokémon Red or Blue is the pixelated image of a scientist named Professor Oak. Oak welcomes you to the world of Pokémon, inviting you to study and understand these creatures alongside him in his quest for knowledge.
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Scientists Are Trying To Work Out Why You Weirdos Invert Your Controls
After The Guardian ran a story earlier this year on gamers inverting their controls, a group of scientists — who have shifted their studies into online stuff during Covid — are now going to do a little research and try to find out why some people play video games the normal way while others try…
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It’s Animal Crossing Music Played On Tesla Coils
The fine folks at ArcAttack use tesla coils to create music by shaking the air with electrical discharge. Sometimes a robot plays drums. Their latest musical lightning storm happens to be an amazing rendition of the music that plays at 5PM in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It’s shockingly good. Get it? I am sorry.