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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Elites in Ancient Rome went to great lengths to advertise their status and wealth. Based on recent archaeological excavations in Egypt, at least some high-ranking military officials even showed off with their choice of pets. In the Journal of Roman Archaeology, researchers at Poland’s University of Warsaw described a nearly 2,000-year-old animal cemetery in the Egyptian port city of Berenike that includes the remains of multiple macaque monkeys. What’s more, the monkeys themselves may have their own animal companions. Since its discovery in 2011, archaeologists have…
The new Tomb Raider games announced at The Game Awards, Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis and Tomb Raider: Catalyst, will feature the voice of Alix Wilton Regan as Lara Croft.This is a change from the latest trilogy–Tomb Raider, Rise of the Tomb Raider, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider–which featured Camilla Luddington voicing and performing the motion-capture for Croft. You need a javascript enabled browser to watch videos.Size:640 × 360480 × 270 Want us to remember this setting for all your devices? Sign up or Sign in now! Please use a html5 video capable browser to watch videos. This video…
If Alien: Romulus reawakened your appetite for the iconic sci-fi franchise, the good news is that a promising video game could be on the way. According to an Insider Gaming report, a new game for the Alien franchise is back in development. The report’s sources mentioned that the single-player game will be set in a “decaying space station” as an arcade survival horror that can be compared to “Shadow of [the] Tomb Raider with Xenomorphs.”It’s not the first time we heard about this Alien game, which was first reported on in 2022 under the codename “Marathon.” According to Insider Gaming,…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. “In general, cannibalism of offspring is super widespread,” says Aneesh Bose, a behavioral ecologist at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, Sweden. Bose has long studied the phenomenon of animals who turn from child-rearing to child-eating, and in 2022, he authored a review of prior research on the topic. “It’s a tool that’s in a lot of species’ tool belts,” Bose tells Popular Science; something that is “baked into their reproductive strategies.” Of the more than 1,500 known cannibalistic species, parent-offspring cannibalism has been…
Half-Life fans are nothing if not patient. For the diehard fans out there, the latest test of patience comes from Insider Gaming Weekly’s podcast, which claimed that the third installment in the Half-Life franchise is set to release with the launch of the Steam Machine sometime in spring 2026.”The window I was specifically told was spring 2026 for the Steam Machine, for the Frame, for the Controller, for Half-Life 3,” Mike Straw, one of the hosts of the Insider Gaming Weekly podcast and senior editor at Insider Gaming, said. “At the end of the day, the game is real.”Straw added…
From 1999 to 2017, Bruce Straley was one of the key players at Naughty Dog, and the co-director of two its best-selling games, The Last of Us and Uncharted 4. However, Straley essentially left the game industry for several years despite that impressive track record. Now, Straley is sharing more details regarding his departure, following up on comments he made years ago.”I had been there 18 years. That’s a long time for anybody to be anywhere,” Straley told Polygon. “I need new problems to solve, I need new creative outlets. I’m not saying there wouldn’t be opportunities there, but couple…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. It’s been a good year for metal detectorists. From a giant Iron Age hoard to tens of thousands of ancient coins and a 19th century shipwreck, it’s a wonder everyone isn’t having a go at the treasure-hunting trade. And now there’s yet another discovery to add to the list. Archaeologists in Norway have excavated a Viking Age grave of an individual bedecked in costume and jewelry, as reported by Norwegian SciTech News, an outlet that publishes research news from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology…
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has integrated with Warzone for Season 1, bringing a new Resurgence map, perk changes, and now less hackers to the battle royale. A new post from Activision cites Black Ops 7 Season 1 as being the “cleanest” Warzone launch in history.The publisher says Call of Duty Season 1 launched with the strongest anti-cheat performance Warzone has ever had, and the majority of players are completing their matches without encountering any cheaters.🛡️ Call of Duty: #BlackOps7 | Call of Duty: #Warzone A message from #TeamRICOCHET:Season 01 launched with the strongest anti-cheat performance Warzone has ever…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Jonathan Allen, a biology professor at The College of William & Mary in Virginia, has a very strange pet: a very very long ribbon worm (phylum nemertea) named Baseodiscus the Eldest, or just B for short. Ribbon worms, also called nemerteans, are one of the longest animals on Earth, but Allen isn’t horrified by his pal. B has been living its best life in its tank, following Allen from job to job for two decades. “They are gorgeous animals,” Allen tells Popular Science. “And [thy] are…
Apple has released iOS 26.2, bringing a number of new convenience features and security updates. The update includes auto-generated chapters for episodes in the Podcasts app, the option to make AirDrop more secure using verification codes, alarms for Reminders and more. It also introduces new controls for how Liquid Glass appears on the Lock Screen, adding a slider to adjust the transparency level. The drop also includes updates for iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS and tvOS.What’s new in iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2It’s not exactly a major update feature-wise, but iOS and iPadOS 26.2 bring a bunch of quality of life…