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An artist’s impression of how Mars could have looked billions of years ago, with an ocean covering part of its surface.NASA/GSFC When you were at school, you likely learned about the Earth’s water cycle: how water evaporates from the surface of oceans and lakes when they are warmed by the Sun, rising into the atmosphere and settling as clouds, then falling back to Earth as rain. But now scientists have discovered a very different sort of water cycle that could be operating on Mars....

Marvel Rivals deals with cheaters in perfect way & players want CoD to take note Marvel Rivalsplayers have discovered what happens when a hacker is discovered during a match, and they wantCall of Dutyto take note. Cheating is an unavoidable part of any online game, as certain players will always look to gain an advantage by any means possible. Call of Duty, in particular, has been plagued with cheaters in recent months, especially inBlack Ops 6 Ranked Playand Warzone,...

Marvel unveils huge change to MCU’s canon timeline Hold onto your hats, Marvel fans – the MCU timeline has once again expanded thanks to six ‘outside’ shows now officially being canon. As the years roll by, more and moreMarvelprojects seem to pile up, with 2024 kicking off with the recently releasedEchobefore moving on toMadame Web(which is part of Sony’s separate-ish universe) andDeadpool 3. However, many fans will argue that certain Marvel projects have continued to be overlooked – including those that have never been incorporated into theDisney-streamlined versionof the franchise....

Every year, approximately 5,000 Americans die while they’re on the waiting list for kidney transplants. It’s a terrifying figure, and it’s one that’s brought into sharp relief by a second data point: That each year around 3,500 donated kidneys are discarded. Overall, according to a 2019 studypublished in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, around 17% of kidneys that are donated in the United States are ultimately thrown out. Dr. Joe Scalea, a transplant surgeon at the University of Maryland’s School of Medicine and University of Maryland Medical Center, wants to reverse this trend....

If you’re a fan of digital inking on Microsoft’s Surface line of computing devices, you may — in the future — never need to recharge your stylus or change its batteries again. Microsoft has filed a patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a solar-powered stylus. The patent was initially filed at the end of 2016, but it’s unclear if Microsoft has any intentions of commercializing this idea in a future iteration of its Surface Pen....

Over the past 10 years, sports game developers have grappled with how to make compelling single-player content. Of course, Franchise modes where players can simulate seasons as their favorite teams are a major draw, but the genre’s biggest names have also been looking to offer something else that isn’t an endless simulation. While modes like FIFA’sThe Journeyand Madden’s Longshot offered unique and extremely narrative-driven takes on that idea,MLB The Show 23’sStorylinesmode is the best take yet on compelling single-player sports games....

MoistCr1TiKal shocked after finding fake Instagram page scamming fans YouTube star Charlie ‘MoistCr1TiKal’ White was shocked after finding a fake Instagram page using his name that was scamming fans out of subscription money. Charlie was streaming and talking to his fans when he found out about the Instagram pages. “Does Instagram pay well?” he said, reading off a message in chat. “I noticed you have some subscriptions set up.”...

As we await news on whether NASA has been successful in changing the course of an asteroidby crashing a spacecraft into it, it’s emerged that the collision caused a huge debris trail around 6,000 miles (10,000 kilometers) long. A remarkable image captured by the SOAR (Southern Astrophysical Research) telescope in Chile two days afterthe September 26 impactshows the trail from the Dimorphos asteroid as a white streak blazing through the blackness of space millions of miles from Earth....

NASA’s Perseverance rover is preparing for launch in the next few months by undergoing final checks, and it has just made it through one more item on the list: Ensuring that it is correctly balanced. Part of the final preparations for readying the rover for its trip to Mars is checking that its center of gravity is in the correct place, which is done using a tool called a rover turnover fixture....

When deciding to invest in a new smartphone, most people want to ensure that the device they’re buying can withstand the wear and tear of daily use. Unfortunately, it looks like theGoogle Pixel 7 Promay not fare too well in the long run. A recent durability test videoposted by YouTuber JerryRigEverythingshowed that there are two major problems that Pixel 7 Pro owners might want to keep in mind over the device’s lifespan: the poor durability of the camera bar, and how easily the phone’s frame can bend....

You know a company must shower in money if it’s handing out $3,000 graphics cards for free. That is exactly what happened during theComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition(CVPR) conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, asNvidia CEO Jensen Huang randomly selected 20individuals from more than 500 attendees to receive a signed, limited-editionTitan VCEO Edition graphics card. So why the expensive gift-giving? Call it a reward for working in artificial intelligence and related fields....

Following months of Nintendo-related leaks and a third-party showcase in June, the second full-fledged Nintendo Direct of 2022 is finally happening. February’s show hadneat reveals of gameslikeFire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, Mario Strikers: Battle League,Xenoblade Chronicles 3, andNintendo Switch Sports. Now, Nintendo Switch players hope the September 2022 Nintendo Direct will give a clear idea of what to expect throughout the rest of this year and into the first months of 2023....

Pokemon Go veterans share “unmatched” Shiny collections Veteran Pokemon Go players are sharing screenshots of the “unmatched” Shiny ‘mon they’ve captured in-game over the years. Pokemon Goplayers canfind Shiny Pokemon in a variety of ways, including in the wild, during Raid Bosses, through Research Task rewards, and so on. Some users have more luck than others in this regard,encountering Shiny ‘mon on a relatively regular basis,while other players seldom come into contact with them at all....