Washing up from a shipwreck is not the worst thing in the world. You're on an unfamiliar beach but at least you're alive. But in the case of Beyond the Map, which mashes up the survival mechanics of Valheim with the action-RPG combat of Diablo 4, most of the island's inhabitants want to murder you. Out now in Steam Early Access, it challenges you to juggle base-building and crafting with leveling up your character to the point where you're not lunch for the nearest werewolf analog. What could possibly go wrong? Continue reading Diablo 4 meets Valheim in ARPG Beyond the Map, out now in Steam Early AccessMORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best survival games, Best hack and slash games, Best crafting games

Asteroids Bennu And Ryugu Could Be Siblings – And We Might Have Found Their ParentHumanity has collected samples from three asteroids: the stony type, Itokawa, and the carbonaceous Ryugu and Bennu. Carbonaceous asteroids are the largest class, so it wouldn’t be too surprising that both Ryugu and Bennu are among them; still, their similarities might be a lot deeper than previously thought. New...

Think You Know What A Bald Eagle Sounds Like? Think AgainThe bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is one of the most recognizable animals out there, one of its most distinctive traits (besides its white head) being that powerful screech featured in TV shows, movies, and America memes alike… or at least, that’s what we’ve been led to believe.The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please...

Australia Has Its Very Own "Area 51"Australia Has Its Very Own "Area 51"Some say they're hiding UFOs Down Under.Pine Gap is a highly secretive facility in the Australian outback.Image credit: ChameleonsEye/Shutterstock.comIn the heart of Australia’s scorching Red Center, some 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) from the nearest city, lies a top-secret military communications base that few people know...

New World Screwworm: What Is It, And Why Is It Hitting The Headlines?Waking up this morning, you may have seen the news that the US has reported its first human case of travel-associated New World screwworm – and most likely, along with the words “flesh eating parasite”. Those are some scary sounding words, but what exactly is New World screwworm, and how concerned do we really need to be?The...

Humpback Whale Flippers Let Them Move "Like Underwater Fighter Pilots" To Make Unique Bubble NetsFor decades, humpback whales across the world have been seen performing a weird and unique trick. While underwater, the large animals start to spiral while blowing strings of bubbles, forming rings that float towards the surface. This is not an idle pastime, however, it’s a cunning strategy the...

The Deadliest Animal In The US Isn’t What You’d ExpectWhen someone asks you to name a deadly species in the US, chances are your mind immediately races to that iconic Western movie villain, the rattlesnake. However, with fatal animal encounters on the rise across the country, researchers have now revealed which creature kills the most people, and it doesn’t hiss or rattle.The rest of this...

Color Vs. Flight: Are Darker Birds' Feathers Weighing Them Down?What is heavier: 1 kilogram of feathers or 1 kilogram of steel? Whilst the answer to this classic riddle is that they both weigh the same amount, it may be surprising to discover that the color of a feather can result in different weights. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the...

One Of The World's Oldest And Tallest Trees Just Lost 15 Meters In Height Due To "Mysterious" FireOne Of The World's Oldest And Tallest Trees Just Lost 15 Meters In Height Due To "Mysterious" FireThe officials have ruled out lightning as a potential cause of the blaze.The Doerner fir was the tallest Douglas fir in Oregon, standing over 99 meters (325 feet) tall. Image credit: Bureau of...

Forget Planet X! Beyond Neptune, There Might Be An Earth-Sized Planet YThe Solar System does not have a clear border. The influence of the Sun in certain domains is small enough for the Voyager probes to have escaped into interstellar space, but there are comets and larger worlds orbiting our Sun at incredibly far distances. Astronomers have been wondering what might lurk in those dark regions,...