Never-Before-Seen Strain Of Mpox Virus Identified In EnglandUK health authorities have identified a new strain of the mpox virus in an English individual who recently returned from travel to Asia. The strain, which has not yet been officially named, appears to contain elements of two other virus strains known as clade Ib and clade IIb.The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in...

We May Finally Know What Killed The "Hobbit" HumansWith no breakfast, second breakfast, elevenses, or afternoon tea to keep them going, the legendary "hobbits" of Indonesia may have starved to death around 61,000 years ago.The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.Otherwise known as Homo floresiensis, the popularly named "hobbit" humans...

Star Wars The Old Republic just got a huge new Dantooine-themed update, proving the cult classic MMO still has some juice There are few Star Wars titles that are as successful as Star Wars The Old Republic. KOTOR and its sequel may be more beloved, the Respawn Jedi games are more modern, and my personal favorite is a podracing game I played at my local arcade when I was a kid, but The...

Baldur's Gate 3 has nearly ten days' worth of voice lines, and Larian boss admits that it "wasn't really keeping track" Even if you're on your umpteenth playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3, chances are you're still going to come across interactions you've never seen before. As you make new choices, befriend new allies and make different enemies, and spec your character in alternative ways,...

Google AI Overviews sparks antitrust probe for using publisher content Google is facing a European Union investigation into its use of publishers' online content for AI-generated search summaries like AI Overviews and AI Mode, with anticompetitive practices the primary suspicion.Announced on Tuesday, the EU's main executive body, the...

Engineers can be split into two camps - those who just release whatever theyre building and try to fix whatever might be wrong with it as they get feedback on it, and those who test their product in every possible way before releasing it to the public. Luckily, NASA engineers are in the latter camp - it wouldnt look great if all of the probes we send throughout the solar system failed because of something we could have easily tested for here at home. However, finding analogues for the places we want to send those probes remains a challenge for some NASA projects, so they make due with the best Earth has to offer. For Mars, that means testing technology in the deserts rolling sand dune and rocky outcrops, and this year several different NASA technologies were tested in deserts throughout the country, as reported in a press release from the agency.

Now, that is an ultrafast wind!

The virus was found in an individual with a recent history of travel to Asia.

It wasn't us after all.

There are few Star Wars titles that are as successful as Star Wars The Old Republic. KOTOR and its sequel may be more beloved, the Respawn Jedi games are more modern, and my personal favorite is a podracing game I played at my local arcade when I was a kid, but The Old Republic has longevity on its side. Despite looking a little dated these days (which is no bad thing), the game is still receiving substantial updates 14 years after its release. The latest of these reimagines Dantooine, with a mysterious spaceship crash landing on the planet's surface and wreaking havoc with the native flora.Read the full story on PCGamesN: Star Wars The Old Republic just got a huge new Dantooine-themed update, proving the cult classic MMO still has some juice