The Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Be Meaningful After All

By digging out signals hidden within the brain’s electrical chatter, scientists are getting new insights into…

How Old-School Text Adventures Inspired Our Virtual Spaces

MMORPGs and even social media can trace their roots to games that used simple text commands…

They Found Community, and Then Love, in Online Games

It's no surprise people build great friendships when they game together. But these folks found much…

Tech Confronts Its Use of the Labels ‘Master’ and ‘*****’

Companies and programmers are reexamining how technical terms are used amid Black Lives Matter protests. But…