Game show history is filled with controversial moments, but few created as much backstage controversy as Michael Larson’s astonishing winning streak on Press Your Luck in 1984. In a newly resurfaced ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Original Metro book series author Dmitry Glukhovsky reiterates the darker themes for the new Metro 2039 game, saying that the project aims to deliver a ...

The long-running economics show on NPR is mining whimsical product experiments for content (and revenue) in a financially challenging environment. By Reggie Ugwu Like many anxious party hosts before ...

Crochet is all the rage these days. The hobby, I know from personal experience, is soothing and satisfying. So it’s not surprising that people absolutely love it. And now, if you’re a nerd and you ...

Imagine this. You’re on a long rest. You’ve just defeated Vecna (Stranger Things edition) or Vecna (Dungeons & Dragons classic), and you need something to soothe your wounded hero’s soul. Good thing ...

Jon McCormack's new book celebrates the whorls, hexagons, and half-moons that appear in the world all around us. A 400-million-year-old ammonite cross-section reveals an interior world of remarkable ...

A slab of limestone excavated in 1984 from the ancient Coriovallum settlement in the Netherlands presented a puzzle for researchers of Roman history. Because of its distinct grooves and marks, the ...

There is perhaps no name more synonymous with old school science fiction than Isaac Asimov. By the time the prolific writer passed away in 1992, he had published over 500 books and innumerable short ...

With digital libraries growing steadily more ubiquitous, it’s not always easy to shop for people who love video games. Thankfully, there’s a fantastic alternative to getting someone a copy of a ...

Early Super Bowl odds for Seahawks vs. Patriots are already settling into familiar betting patterns, with sharp money shaping the market and public trends starting to emerge. No matter the teams ...

This is the story of passion. A local tale of commitment and devotion. And it is also the saga of how three entrepreneurs, Jenny Jeffers and Sue Tabaka-Kritzeck of My Favorite Books, formerly on ...

C. Thi Nguyen loves games, said Dan Piepenbring in Harper’s. In his new book, the University of Utah philosophy professor puts himself out on “a long, creaking limb” by suggesting that much of human ...