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A line-up of characters from Fortnite's Chapter 4 Season 4, including a muscled fish man, an anime girl, that guy from the internet meme and a secret-agent looking fella.

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Science reveals some people might just be better at Fortnite because they see in a higher FPS

While others are experiencing life at 35FPS and below

April 3, 2024Alice Bell

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Red Dead Redemption 2 Online - A naturalist player crouches near the water holding a camera with a duck in the foreground while their horse waits in the background.

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Study finds that Red Dead Redemption 2 players sure do know their animals

I've definitely chased enough Pronghorns to remember them

July 12, 2021Lauren Morton

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EVE Online's Project Discovery to help find real planets

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EVE Online's Project Discovery to help find real planets

SCIENCE!

Feb. 23, 2017Alice O'Connor

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Tricone Lab Combines Puzzles With Hard Science

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Tricone Lab Combines Puzzles With Hard Science

Hard cell

Nov. 15, 2015Joe Donnelly

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Sanitarium: A Game That Hopes To Cure Tuberculosis

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Sanitarium: A Game That Hopes To Cure Tuberculosis

Can you hack it?

Sept. 7, 2015Emily Gera

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American Psychological Association Continues Bad Science Relating To Video Game Violence

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American Psychological Association Continues Bad Science Relating To Video Game Violence

APAlling

Aug. 18, 2015John Walker

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Study Shows No Harmful Impact From Gaming On Children

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Study Shows No Harmful Impact From Gaming On Children

For Science

Nov. 18, 2013John Walker

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The Lies That Bind Us: The Mainstream Media And Gaming

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The Lies That Bind Us: The Mainstream Media And Gaming

A Desire For Truth

Sept. 18, 2013John Walker

254 comments

Summer of Science: The Royal Society Game Jam

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Summer of Science: The Royal Society Game Jam

April 4, 2013Adam Smith

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Study Finds Violent Games Reduce Violence - Hmmmm

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Study Finds Violent Games Reduce Violence - Hmmmm

Graphs reduce happiness

Feb. 14, 2013John Walker

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First-Person Shooters Are Oddly Good For The Brain

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First-Person Shooters Are Oddly Good For The Brain

Nov. 21, 2012John Walker

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The Real Science Of Waking Mars

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The Real Science Of Waking Mars

Out Of This World

Nov. 20, 2012Nathan Grayson

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Nature's Neuroscientific Review Of Games

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Nature's Neuroscientific Review Of Games

To Science!

Nov. 23, 2011John Walker

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Top Scientist Addles Brain, Warns Gamer

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Top Scientist Addles Brain, Warns Gamer

Oct. 14, 2011Jim Rossignol

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Academic Studies Of Violence Cause Violence

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Academic Studies Of Violence Cause Violence

Oct. 19, 2010John Walker

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Peggle Is Good For You

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Peggle Is Good For You

April 28, 2008Alec Meer