The two mice were normal in size, weight, and appearance, and crucially, they were fertile.

"We face a bird extinction crisis unprecedented in modern times."

Soulslike titles are known for having NPCs scattered throughout their worlds that either aid you on your journey, gift you powerful gear, or grant you achievements for all your hard work. That is part of what makes these games so rewarding to play.

Crime Boss Rockay City may have launched to a mixed reception back in 2023, to put it kindly, but it's since received a number of substantial updates to address issues like poor stealth, awful enemy AI, and a boring progression system. It's really turned its Rockay reputation around (sorry). And now, the Payday-like shooter's most recent update removes the annoying quick join feature and adds a brand new heist, more AI bot improvements, a handy in-game heisting guide, and lots of bug fixes and improvements. Continue reading Payday rival Crime Boss Rockay City gets a new heist, axes an annoying featureMORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best co-op games, Best crime games, Best FPS games

NASA's Voyager 1 & 2 Were Not The First Missions To Reach The Outer Solar SystemFor almost 48 years, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have traveled across the Solar System and beyond. The missions have been pivotal in our understanding of the gas giant planets of the Solar System, and later of interstellar space, becoming the first human-made objects to enter it. However, they were not the first...

Neolithic Ireland Wasn’t Ruled By Incestuous “God-Kings” After AllUnlike ancient Egypt, Hawai’i, or the Inca Empire, Neolithic Ireland probably wasn’t governed by a dynasty of demi-gods who married their own siblings. This finding contradicts the narrative hastily put forward by the media in 2020 following the discovery of a rare case of incest in a 5,500-year-old passage tomb.Located in the...

The Last Thing A NASA Spacecraft Saw Before Plunging Into SaturnHigh resolution view of Saturn's north pole, known as "the hexagon" for fairly obvious reasons.Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Hampton UniversityThough our telescopes have become pretty darn good over the last century, there's nothing quite like seeing a planet from the point of view of an approaching spaceship.In 1979, 1980,...

What Happened When A Kansas Family Lived With 2,055 Brown Recluse Spiders For 5 And A Half YearsWhat Happened When A Kansas Family Lived With 2,055 Brown Recluse Spiders For 5 And A Half YearsOver several months, researchers found and killed over 2,000 Loxosceles reclusa in the "highly infested" home.Closeup of a brown recluse spider.Image credit: Sari ONeal/Shutterstock.comA case report...

Now 124 Years Old, Henry Is The World's Oldest Known Crocodile – And He's A Big BoyAt the ripe old age of ~124 years old, Henry is the oldest known crocodile in the world – and what a life he’s led. In the past few decades alone, the mature gentleman has fathered thousands upon thousands of offspring.With all those decades under his belt, Henry has amassed a gigantic size. The immensely hefty...

When Did Blue Eyes First Appear In Humans?In the history of Homo sapiens, blue eyes just showed up fashionably late. Throughout most of the species' existence, all humans had brown eyes, until a random genetic mutation emerged over 6,000 years ago in a single prehistoric person. This trait eventually spread, giving rise to the millions of blue-eyed people in the world today. Or at least, that's...