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How Blades of Fire flies in the face of modern video game aesthetics

MercurySteam's Enric Álvarez reveals how Frank Frazetta and Gustave Doré have influenced this new PS5 game.

Creative Bloq · Apr 29, 2025

Faint Neptune joins Venus and Saturn to form a planetary triangle in the pre-dawn sky on April 28

Venus, Saturn and dim Neptune will form a planetary triangle in the pre-dawn sky on April 28, with Mercury hovering on the periphery.

Space · Apr 27, 2025

International Dark Sky Week 2025: See these 10 night sky sights to celebrate

Celebrate International Dark Sky Week by tracking down 10 astronomy targets.

Space · Apr 26, 2025

Are you brushing your teeth with toxic metals?

Common toothpaste brands may be harboring toxic metals like lead.

Fortune · Apr 18, 2025

“I’d always seen the guitar as a thing for really accomplished people like Jimi Hendrix – watching Nirvana on MTV Unplugged exploded my brain”: Studio nerd Corinne Bailey Rae broke through after moving on from her punk roots. Then she went back

The Mercury Prize nominee on what she loves about her SG, obsessing in the studio, and how she harnessed the aggression of her youth for her new album, Black Rainbows

Guitar World · Apr 18, 2025

‘Heavy metals’ contaminate 17% of the world’s croplands, say scientists

Nearly 17% of the world’s croplands are contaminated with “heavy metals”, according to a new study in Science. These contaminants – arsenic, cadmium, lead, and others – may be invisible to the eye, but they threaten food safety and human health.

The Conversation · Apr 17, 2025

“Clever flurries of musical activity keeping multiple balls in the air. Then it all goes, against expectations, a bit King Crimson”: A prog band won last year’s Mercury Prize. Did you notice?

English Teacher might sound like another cookie-cutter post-punk NME-frendly group, but debut album This Could Be Texas proves they’re about as progressive as it gets

Louder · Apr 15, 2025

Mercury is weird because of a 'hit-and-run' incident in its youth

"What surprised us, at the end, was how effective this type of impact could be in explaining Mercury's unusual structure without needing to consider multiple collisions or extremely rare conditions."

LiveScience · Apr 10, 2025

Dainese Just Dropped Some Sick New Racing Gear, Including a New Suit

The summer riding season is upon us. Yes, I can still see snow from my kitchen window, but the trees are budding, the songbirds are singing, and tracks around the country are gearing up to accept all manner of two-wheeled hellions. And by the time the mercury rises to where…

RideApart · Apr 10, 2025

Little Simz announces more artists for Meltdown 2025

Mercury Prize-winning rapper is overseeing the 30th edition of the prestigious event

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2025