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Dr Karl Kruszelnicki Has A Twitch Channel Now

2 years ago

Dr Karl Kruszelnicki Has A Twitch Channel Now

1

Does The Science Of Star Wars Hold Up?

2 years ago

Does The Science Of Star Wars Hold Up?

Carsten Welsch

2

AI Bot Is The First To Play StarCraft II At The Grandmaster Level

3 years ago

AI Bot Is The First To Play StarCraft II At The Grandmaster Level

Actual Space Mission Picks Sonic The Hedgehog As An Official Mascot

3 years ago

Actual Space Mission Picks Sonic The Hedgehog As An Official Mascot

1

If You Solve This Maths Problem, You Could Steal All The Bitcoin In The World

3 years ago

If You Solve This Maths Problem, You Could Steal All The Bitcoin In The World

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

1

Gaming Disorder Now A Recognised Illness According To World Health Organisation

3 years ago

Gaming Disorder Now A Recognised Illness According To World Health Organisation

Zack Zwiezen

25

The Weird Video Game Moment Behind Detective Pikachu’s Bonkers Third Act

3 years ago

The Weird Video Game Moment Behind Detective Pikachu’s Bonkers Third Act

James Whitbrook

There’s An Actual Satellite In Space Called “XCOM”

3 years ago

There’s An Actual Satellite In Space Called “XCOM”

A Video Game Developed To Detect Alzheimer’s Disease Seems To Be Working

3 years ago

A Video Game Developed To Detect Alzheimer’s Disease Seems To Be Working

2

A Psychologist Told Us Why Playing Violent Games Feels So Damn Good

3 years ago

A Psychologist Told Us Why Playing Violent Games Feels So Damn Good

6

Here’s How Long It’d Take You To Poop A Lego

4 years ago

Here’s How Long It’d Take You To Poop A Lego

1

Medieval Board Game Unearthed In Secret Castle Chamber

4 years ago

Medieval Board Game Unearthed In Secret Castle Chamber

3

4 years ago

Experience The Death Of Pompeii First-Hand In This Chilling, Aussie-Made Recreation

3

The Supposedly Physics-Defying NASA Thruster Doesn’t Work, New Research Confirms

4 years ago

The Supposedly Physics-Defying NASA Thruster Doesn’t Work, New Research Confirms

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

6

EA Created An AI That Taught Itself To Play Battlefield

4 years ago

EA Created An AI That Taught Itself To Play Battlefield

Luke Plunkett

7

Science Finds Once Again That Violent Video Games Don’t Turn People Into Rage Monsters

4 years ago

Science Finds Once Again That Violent Video Games Don’t Turn People Into Rage Monsters

9

Inside The ‘Princess Leia Project’ (Star Wars Holograms Are Real Now)

4 years ago

Inside The ‘Princess Leia Project’ (Star Wars Holograms Are Real Now)

2

Skyrim Mod Gives NPCs Their Own Lives (And Loves)

5 years ago

Skyrim Mod Gives NPCs Their Own Lives (And Loves)

Luke Plunkett

Putting Games On Mute Might Make It Harder To Play Well

5 years ago

Putting Games On Mute Might Make It Harder To Play Well

3

Post-Convention Blues Are Real

5 years ago

Post-Convention Blues Are Real

StarCraft Could Be The Next Game AI Destroys Us At

5 years ago

StarCraft Could Be The Next Game AI Destroys Us At

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

12

Let’s Settle Splatoon’s Mayo Vs. Ketchup War, With Science

5 years ago

Let’s Settle Splatoon’s Mayo Vs. Ketchup War, With Science

12

The Australian Device That Could Transform Console Gaming

5 years ago

The Australian Device That Could Transform Console Gaming

17

A Very Realistic Video Game Simulation Of Mayweather Vs McGregor

5 years ago

A Very Realistic Video Game Simulation Of Mayweather Vs McGregor

1

A First Look At Sydney’s New Interactive Sherlock Holmes Exhibition

5 years ago

A First Look At Sydney’s New Interactive Sherlock Holmes Exhibition

Soon, EVE Online Players Will Help Discover Actual Planets

5 years ago

Soon, EVE Online Players Will Help Discover Actual Planets

Lee Yancy

The Newly Discovered TRAPPIST-1 Star System Was Hiding In Elite: Dangerous All Along

5 years ago

The Newly Discovered TRAPPIST-1 Star System Was Hiding In Elite: Dangerous All Along

5

Using Superheroes To Explain Spacetime And Evolution To My Six-Year-Old Kid

5 years ago

Using Superheroes To Explain Spacetime And Evolution To My Six-Year-Old Kid

A Doctor Went On Reddit And Tore Some Anti-Gaming Myths Apart

6 years ago

A Doctor Went On Reddit And Tore Some Anti-Gaming Myths Apart

Why Two Aussie Doctors Made A Card Game About Vaccination

6 years ago

Why Two Aussie Doctors Made A Card Game About Vaccination

Neil DeGrasse Tyson Is Getting His Own Video Game

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6 years ago

Neil DeGrasse Tyson Is Getting His Own Video Game

Deals: A DIY Tech Resource For Your Inner Mad Scientist

6 years ago

Deals: A DIY Tech Resource For Your Inner Mad Scientist

Kotaku Australia

Here’s How Long Each Piece Is Likely To Survive In A Game Of Chess

6 years ago

Here’s How Long Each Piece Is Likely To Survive In A Game Of Chess

Mark Strauss

2

iPad Games Are Just As Good As Sedatives For Kids In Surgery

6 years ago

iPad Games Are Just As Good As Sedatives For Kids In Surgery

4

Video Games Help Kids Learn Real Good

6 years ago

Video Games Help Kids Learn Real Good

15

Single-Celled Organisms Playing Microscopic Pac-Man

6 years ago

Single-Celled Organisms Playing Microscopic Pac-Man

Mike Fahey

2

Playing Hardcore Games Improves Your Hand Eye Coordination, New Study Finds

6 years ago

Playing Hardcore Games Improves Your Hand Eye Coordination, New Study Finds

6

Why You Suck At Rock-Paper-Scissors

6 years ago

Why You Suck At Rock-Paper-Scissors

Jamie Condliffe

5

The World’s Greatest Scientists Kick Each Other’s Ass In This 2D Fighting Game

6 years ago

The World’s Greatest Scientists Kick Each Other’s Ass In This 2D Fighting Game

3

How Chess Has Changed Over The Last 150 Years

6 years ago

How Chess Has Changed Over The Last 150 Years

4

Could Game Theory Be Used To Prevent Human Extinction?

6 years ago

Could Game Theory Be Used To Prevent Human Extinction?

3

Why Randomness May Not Mean What You Think It Means

6 years ago

Why Randomness May Not Mean What You Think It Means

5

What Your Gaming Name Reveals About Your Personality

6 years ago

What Your Gaming Name Reveals About Your Personality

Alex Wade - University of New York

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Great Scientists Become Greater Fighting Game Characters

6 years ago

Great Scientists Become Greater Fighting Game Characters

4

The Real Metal Gear

6 years ago

The Real Metal Gear

6

Kotaku Australia Static Podcast Episode 6: Best Games, Gadgets And Movies Of 2015

7 years ago

Kotaku Australia Static Podcast Episode 6: Best Games, Gadgets And Movies Of 2015

Kotaku Australia

How Video Games Might Help Our Brains

7 years ago

How Video Games Might Help Our Brains

Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

1

A Real-Life Shoryuken Would Knock Your Head Clean Off

7 years ago

A Real-Life Shoryuken Would Knock Your Head Clean Off

5

Guy Builds Actual Handheld Railgun

7 years ago

Guy Builds Actual Handheld Railgun

Luke Plunkett

7

NASA Says There’s Strong Evidence Of Liquid Water On Mars

7 years ago

NASA Says There’s Strong Evidence Of Liquid Water On Mars

Why Most Video Game ‘Aggression’ Studies Are Nonsense

7 years ago

Why Most Video Game ‘Aggression’ Studies Are Nonsense

9

Actual Archaeologist Is Digging Through World Of Warcraft, Skyrim

7 years ago

Actual Archaeologist Is Digging Through World Of Warcraft, Skyrim

Luke Plunkett

2

Video Games Are Learning To Put Their Pants On

7 years ago

Video Games Are Learning To Put Their Pants On

Luke Plunkett

3

French Guys Want To Build An Arcology (Yes, Like SimCity)

7 years ago

French Guys Want To Build An Arcology (Yes, Like SimCity)

6

Pluto Probe Is Powered By The Same CPU As A PlayStation

7 years ago

Pluto Probe Is Powered By The Same CPU As A PlayStation

13

What The Inside Of Famous Monsters Looks Like

7 years ago

What The Inside Of Famous Monsters Looks Like

9

Computer Is Learning To Make Mario Levels By Watching YouTube

7 years ago

Computer Is Learning To Make Mario Levels By Watching YouTube

7

Minecraft’s Rocks Don’t Burn, And Other Geological Lies

7 years ago

Minecraft’s Rocks Don’t Burn, And Other Geological Lies

14

Scientifically Accurate My Little Pony Is Not Magical At All

7 years ago

Scientifically Accurate My Little Pony Is Not Magical At All

1

What To Make Of A Study About Gaming And Sexism

7 years ago

What To Make Of A Study About Gaming And Sexism

5

Real-Life Batsuit Finished, Can Take A Beating

7 years ago

Real-Life Batsuit Finished, Can Take A Beating

5

Nobody Explains Super-Speed Like The Muppets

7 years ago

Nobody Explains Super-Speed Like The Muppets

Evan Narcisse

Pop Culture Scientists, Ranked By Their Madness

7 years ago

Pop Culture Scientists, Ranked By Their Madness

9

A Very Strange Solution To Stop People Getting Sick Using VR

7 years ago

A Very Strange Solution To Stop People Getting Sick Using VR

Luke Plunkett

15

A Rocket Crossed With A Helicopter? Only In Kerbal Space Program

7 years ago

A Rocket Crossed With A Helicopter? Only In Kerbal Space Program

András Neltz

3

Being Good At Video Games Isn’t Cool, Says Japanese Poll

7 years ago

Being Good At Video Games Isn’t Cool, Says Japanese Poll

6

Why Human Beings Can’t Teleport. Yet.

7 years ago

Why Human Beings Can’t Teleport. Yet.

17

Learn About Capitalism With Super Mario Bros. 2

7 years ago

Learn About Capitalism With Super Mario Bros. 2

How League Of Legends Is Using Your Brain To Stop You Being An Arsehole

7 years ago

How League Of Legends Is Using Your Brain To Stop You Being An Arsehole

Luke Plunkett

13

Destiny Player Thinks He’s Figured Out Where The Tower Really Is

7 years ago

Destiny Player Thinks He’s Figured Out Where The Tower Really Is

10

You Need Quantum Physics To Explain Pokémon’s Timeline

7 years ago

You Need Quantum Physics To Explain Pokémon’s Timeline

Patricia Hernandez

2

A Dark Theory About The Origin Of Minecraft’s World

7 years ago

A Dark Theory About The Origin Of Minecraft’s World

9

Bill Gates Drinks Water Made From Human Poop

7 years ago

Bill Gates Drinks Water Made From Human Poop

16

Hobbit Sword Glows When It Detects Wi-Fi

8 years ago

Hobbit Sword Glows When It Detects Wi-Fi

1

Homebuilt Submarine Ready For Dive

8 years ago

Homebuilt Submarine Ready For Dive

Double-Amputee Gets Two Badass Robot Arms

8 years ago

Double-Amputee Gets Two Badass Robot Arms

5

Father Makes Son Play Through Video Game History, Chronologically

8 years ago

Father Makes Son Play Through Video Game History, Chronologically

26

In Real Life, Super Mario’s Galaxy Would Explode

8 years ago

In Real Life, Super Mario’s Galaxy Would Explode

Yannick LeJacq

8

You Lose Actual Blood Every Time You’re Shot With This Controller

8 years ago

You Lose Actual Blood Every Time You’re Shot With This Controller

24

Here’s How Humanity Could Build Halo’s Ringworlds

8 years ago

Here’s How Humanity Could Build Halo’s Ringworlds

6

Everything Goes Wrong When You Try To Kidnap Everyone In The Sims 4

8 years ago

Everything Goes Wrong When You Try To Kidnap Everyone In The Sims 4

Patricia Hernandez

Science Explains How Space Battles Could REALLY Go Down

8 years ago

Science Explains How Space Battles Could REALLY Go Down

8

Police In China To Fight Gambling By Putting ‘Black Boxes’ In Arcade Machines

8 years ago

Police In China To Fight Gambling By Putting ‘Black Boxes’ In Arcade Machines

The Secret Of Life Is Video Games, Says 106-Year-Old Man

8 years ago

The Secret Of Life Is Video Games, Says 106-Year-Old Man

1

2014’s Best Photos Of Space Are Sometimes Funny, Sometimes Scary

8 years ago

2014’s Best Photos Of Space Are Sometimes Funny, Sometimes Scary

3

Getting Upset At Video Games Is Probably Terrible For Your Health

8 years ago

Getting Upset At Video Games Is Probably Terrible For Your Health

30

Ditching Discs For Downloads May Not Be As Eco-Friendly As We Think

8 years ago

Ditching Discs For Downloads May Not Be As Eco-Friendly As We Think

24

Science Museum Turns Lockers Into A Giant Periodic Table

8 years ago

Science Museum Turns Lockers Into A Giant Periodic Table

2

Scientist Explains The Hulk And Captain America

8 years ago

Scientist Explains The Hulk And Captain America

4

Salmon Cannon Shoots Fish At 35km/h

8 years ago

Salmon Cannon Shoots Fish At 35km/h

5

Here’s Why Video Game Insects Make You Feel Itchy

8 years ago

Here’s Why Video Game Insects Make You Feel Itchy

9

Humanity’s First Transformer Is A… Start, I Guess

8 years ago

Humanity’s First Transformer Is A… Start, I Guess

2

New World Record For Data Transfer Laughs At Your Gigabytes

8 years ago

New World Record For Data Transfer Laughs At Your Gigabytes

14

Fist Bumps Better Than Handshakes, Says Science

8 years ago

Fist Bumps Better Than Handshakes, Says Science

13

When Science Looks Seriously At A…Star Wars Planet

8 years ago

When Science Looks Seriously At A…Star Wars Planet

1

Video Games Make A Convenient Scapegoat For Weak Students

8 years ago

Video Games Make A Convenient Scapegoat For Weak Students

Eric Jou

4

Science! Video Game Violence Makes You More Sensitive

8 years ago

Science! Video Game Violence Makes You More Sensitive

Leon Hurley

14

If You’re Going To Be A Cannibal, You’ve Got To Count Kilojoules

8 years ago

If You’re Going To Be A Cannibal, You’ve Got To Count Kilojoules

Mike Fahey

6

Science Might Know What’s Wrong With Hodor

8 years ago

Science Might Know What’s Wrong With Hodor

11

Sonic Runs At 288km/h, According To Science

8 years ago

Sonic Runs At 288km/h, According To Science

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