These open-world games are not only incredibly long but also feature immersive mechanics to keep players engaged in their ...

Many modern games place players in ethically complex situations, quietly training moral reasoning. “Moral reasoning, the ...

A mysterious island appeared in the Humber estuary in the 12th century, outcompeted Grimsby for trade, became home to pirates ...

Trampoline jumping, sword fights and even a Santa vs. pirate fight sequence are all part of the holiday fun at Pirates Dinner Adventure in Buena Park. This year’s “Pirates Take Christmas” storyline, ...

From a distance, this map of the ocean looks complete. In truth, knowledge of the seabed remains patchy. As of 2025, little more than one quarter of the seabed has been measured directly. The ...

The architect Suchi Reddy designed a weekend home on a cliff in the famed planned community to help Ivy Ross, a Google executive, get out of her mind and into her body. Credit...Adam Potts Supported ...

Beneath the waters off Papua New Guinea lies an extraordinary deep-sea environment where scorching hydrothermal vents and cool methane seeps coexist side by side — a pairing never before seen. This ...

On the computer screen, a campy-looking pirate jiggles his left leg impatiently, swigging occasionally from a tumbler of rum. In front of him, dark skies pour rain above a swirling sea. The pirate ...

Simulation Games Former Stardew Valley dev has to delay adorable new life sim for the second time, shortly after adding the most perfect piles of snow: "I've been working very hard on the game" ...

There are a few archetypes that feel eternal in our stories and fantasies. Vampires and zombies are a prime example in recent years; they drift in and out of fashion but always seem to lurch back into ...

Alexandra Jahn receives funding from the National Science Foundation. As I walked out onto the frozen Arctic water off Utqiagvik, Alaska, for the first time, I was mesmerized by the icescape. Piles of ...

When most people imagine a pirate, they picture actor Johnny Depp playing the mad but likable swashbuckler Jack Sparrow, captain of the sailing ship the Black Pearl. Depp’s pirate portrayal was ...