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The Joy and Misery of Hunting for Video Game Trophies

Source: Wired

Many modern video games include a list of achievements that players can earn as they play. These trophies often reward the player for taking actions beyond the normal plot or path of the basic story. For some, achievements reward creative gameplay, add replayability, and encourage exploration. For others, they are annoying, repetitive distractions that artificially make a game seem bigger or more complex than it is. What do you think? Do achievements make games feel more or less enjoyable?


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NASA Debuts New Orion Mission Control Room for Artemis 2 Astronaut Flight Around the Moon

Source: Space.com

With the development of the next-generation Orion spacecraft—designed to eventually take astronauts to Mars— comes a number of all-new, advanced systems designed to track, monitor, and communicate with the spacecraft and its passengers. For NASA’s Mission Control facilities, all this additional technology meant that a brand new space was required to house the additional monitors and extra personnel. And that new space was shown to the public for the first time in late August of 2025.



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This Impossible New Color Is So Rare That Only Five People Have Seen It

Source: Scientific American (YouTube)

Have you ever seen the color “olo?” Unless you are one of only five people on the planet who have, the answer is ‘no.’
Recently, researchers achieved the unusual feat of stimulating the eye in such a way as to allow it to see a color outside the range of normal human vision. This work is brand new, but scientists hope that it will lead to new vision treatments and help us to better understand how animals see the world.