Researcher Breaks Down Cyberpunk Video Games | WIRED

In this episode of Game Over(analyzed), Associated Researcher Lars Schmeink breaks down how cyberpunk is portrayed in modern video games. Most people recognize the cyberpunk aesthetic from movies like Blade Runner and The Matrix, but there are plenty of video games that fit into this subgenre as well. Lars talks>>>

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Nanotechnology Expert Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED

Nanotechnology researcher Dr. George S. Tulevski is asked to explain the concept of nanotechnology to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and an expert. Nanotechnology is the study of objects at the nanoscale (between 1 and 100 nanometers in size). Objects at this>>>

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Can you make a wildlife series from a wheelchair? | BBC Earth

BBC Natural History Unit (NHU) researcher, Niall Strawson, broke his back in 2009. Since then he’s been on a mission to return to the wild and make documentaries. Niall is the first ever NHU crew member who uses a wheelchair 24/7 to go out on a complex international shoot. This>>>

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Hacker Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED

Security researcher and computer hacker Samy Kamkar is asked to explain the concept of computer hacking to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and an expert. Samy Kamkar is a multidisciplinary engineer, security researcher, and cofounder of Openpath Security. He was raided by>>>

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Exclusive: Trial of Gilead’s potential coronavirus treatment running ahead of schedule, researcher says – Reuters

(Reuters) – A crucial U.S. federal government trial of Gilead Sciences Inc’s experimental coronavirus therapy may produce results as early as mid-May, according to the research’s lead investigator, after physicians shouted to register their patients in the study. SUBMIT PHOTO: An ampule of Ebola drug remdesivir is envisioned during a>>>

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