At the centre of our galaxy, six strange clouds that look like dust and gas orbit a black hole so closely that if they were really just clouds they should have been sucked in by now

Strange, powerful blasts of radio waves from space called fast radio bursts sometimes flash repeatedly, but never with any discernible pattern – until now

When the Soviet Union lands on the moon first people in the US are shocked. But For All Mankind provides an even bigger surprise when one cosmonaut's identity is revealed, says Emily Wilson

A team of researchers say they have discovered a protein molecule inside a meteorite, the first extraterrestrial example ever found, but others are sceptical

Out of 28,000 suggestions, NASA selected the name Perseverance for its Mars 2020 rover, which will search for signs of life on the Red Planet

Strange particles observed by an experiment in Antarctica could be evidence of an alternative reality where everything is upside down

Brown dwarfs, which are halfway between huge planets and small stars, have extremely powerful winds whipping around them at speeds of about 650 metres per second

Earlier this week, a depressing economic prognosis linked on the Drudge Report concluded: "A whole lot more pain is on the way, and it is going to shake our nation to the core."

Get ready for the first scored event in DARPA's latest Grand Challenge

Roboticists share what they've learned so far from DARPA's Subterranean Challenge, and how they readied their bots for the next event—the Tunnel Circuit

How autonomous robots in the underground scavenger hunt pick up points for their teams

Supporting long-range communications inside of a mine is extremely difficult, so DARPA SubT teams are trying out some creative approaches

It's about more than just first place as teams look toward more competitions in 2020

Consultancy firm Certified Artificial, which is offering to certify AI companies, has demonstrated its prowess by rating the expertise of Elon Musk and Henry Kissinger

Skydio crams all its autonomous magic into a sleek consumer drone that costs under $1k

John Deere, the nearly 200-year-old tractor manufacturer, now considers itself a software company

The topography and bathymetry payload for UAV

Creepy robots and the strange phenomenon of the uncanny valley: definition, history, examples, and how to avoid it

Argonne will use the CS-1 to help discover cancer therapies and understand colliding blackholes

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

Billionaire Alex Waislitz stands to make millions after two financial services companies agreed to merge.

Former engineering high flyer Ausenco has become the latest mining services company to be swallowed by private equity.

This is a video from Russia's Zapad-2017 military exercises where a KA-52 Alligator helicopter accidentally fired two missiles towards a group of journalists covering the event (allegedly as a result of a short-circuit in the helicopter's electric system according to the Russian military *eyebarrelroll*). Three of the journalists were injured in the incident (amazingly not critically either), including the one seen strolling along the highway to the danger zone the video. Man, those missiles come QUICK. If you think you're gonna outrun one of those things like a tarantula in Animal Crossing, think again. I mean sure The Flash could do it, but he could also pleasure himself infinitely in the time it took you to read this article. "Huh?" How his penis doesn't catch fire is beyond me, there must be other superpowers at play too. Keep going for a couple versions of the video (the second with slow-mos), as well as a news report which includes the copter's gun view.

This is a video of musician and Instagrammer nathanleighsays performing Saria's Song (the Lost Woods theme) from The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time on 24 partially empty wine bottles. How about that! Of course this would never work at my aunt's house on account of the bottles all playing the same note because they're empty. And the cats! Soooooo many cats. Keep going for the performance as well as a clip of Link learning Saria's song from the actual game.

US intelligence agency aims to forecast unrest by reading the runes of social media.

Global data on Fukushima challenge Japanese estimates.

The Lovecraftian inspired adventure game will launch on Xbox Series X, Xbox One and PC in late 2020 and will be available on Xbox Game Pass

Ubisoft debuted some in-engine footage of the latest Assassin's Creed game during the Inside Xbox stream

Call of Duty Modern Warfare and Warzone update patch notes have been shared by Infinity Ward to clarify whats changed to the game on May 7.

New Pokemon Go Throwback challenges start today for the Johto region. Here's a recap of all field research tasks and rewards on offer for the next seven days.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare players can today download a brand new update for Warzone and Modern Warfare multiplayer. Here are the patch notes for PS4, Xbox One and PCs.

This week we figure out BioWare’s next title. Then we settle the great question of Persona 4 vs. Nocturne. Finally, we give our list of...

This week we figure out what to play on Wii U. Pier Solar decides what we should play on the Dreamcast. FFXIV decides that we...

Manny lets loose with what goes on outside the Animus. Chris buys a fedora and is banned from becoming a hipster. Jon downloads Skype but...

Chris drowns in potions. Anna Marie hits one hundred. Alice shops with e’s. And Manny plays some 360 games now that he finally has an...

Final Fantasy XI announces its plans for its golden years. Fossil Fighters still exists. Then Phil either recommends or doesn’t recommend Avernum. I’m still not...

XSEED and Natsume make up. Chris rubs his sore feet. Emmanuel’s ear drums get blown out by a Shenmue fan. Alex is STILL posting stories....

As Anna prepares her statement, Alice introduces us to a new form of missile delivery. Chris plays really old games instead of the other old...

Chris hugs his cat. Anna Marie hugs her Mindsona. Alex hugs his car. And Alice hugs a cockroach. Yeah, you had to be there. Now...

A new FFXIV expansion STORMS onto the scene. Bandai Namco spins some TALES about an upcoming release. Square Enix announces a demo of a new...

RPG Cast is back, if a little bit lighter. See what one plays when they have three weeks without work. See what happens when THQ...

We return from a weekend off to discuss good games, bad games, old games, and new games that aren’t out yet! Anna Marie hosts as we tackle TGS, the continued flood of holiday releases, and numerous site features.

A post-E3 slump won’t get this podcast down! The RPG Cast chats about Judgment, discusses what little news did trickle in during the week, and looks ahead to an exciting #JRPGJuly.

We're back and better* than ever! On this special episode of the RPGCast we do a deeper dive into what we've been playing and discuss our holiday hauls. *Note: RPG Cast 526 may not actually be better than any other previous RPG Cast.

This RPG Cast was recorded in the dark before a dead studio audience. Josh fails at Fire Emblem. Jonathan becomes a rock star. Kelley pines for Garrus. Chris gets spooked. And Anna Marie harvests squid poop. Yeah it's a weird show.

We missed you all last week, but we’re back with a bunch of hot topics, including the FF7R demo, Dragon Quest of the Stars, and which alien Kelley got busy with in Mass Effect. Anna Marie gets really confused about review scores, and we can’t really decide when a Millennial starts and a Gen-X ends. Of course, none of that matters because Animal Crossing is almost here!

Alex, Kelley, Nathan, and Peter have all descended into the slums of Midgar, so the Final Fantasy VII Remake dominates our Now Playing, but Anna Marie still manages to answer a question left over from last week about Persona 5 Royal. Our listeners recount their memories of the original FF7 and we even manage to squeak in some news of the week too.