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NVIDIA Announces PhysX 5.0 Will be Available in 2020
In terms of computer programs, PhysX certainly has a very long history. Originating back to 2004, the physics engine was acquired by Nvidia in 2008. Since then, it has been a regular staple for many developers in their game programming. In fact, for many AAA-releases, you’d be hard pushed to…
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CERN Unveils Plans for the 100-km Future Circular Collider
Dwarfs LHC in Comparison CERN has been planning their next generation collider for years. Now they have finally unveiled the plans for the Future Circular Collider (FCC). A massive 100-km (62-miles) long construction which dwarfs the massive Large Hadron Collider in comparison.If the LHC is capable of 14 TeV and…
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Far Cry 5 Physics Engine Appears Worse Than Far Cry 2
Far Cry 5 Physics Engine Appears Worse Than Far Cry 2 Far Cry 5 is upon us and overall the reviews have been generally positive. It is somewhat strange that despite being quite a massive franchise, reviews for the games in recent years have never been particularly spectacular. The 3rd…
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Professor Stephen Hawking Sadly Passes Away Aged 76
Professor Stephen Hawking It is with great sadness that we must report today that Professor Stephen Hawkings, perhaps one of the brightest minds of our generation, has sadly passed away at the age of 76. Having lived a remarkable, but difficult life, Stephen Hawking was a living testament to the power…
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SpinTires: Mudrunner Gameplay Trailer Released
A new gameplay trailer for SpinTires: Mudrunner has been released. This game lets players live out their wildest off-roading and truck driving fantasies. Without the worry of cleaning up the mud after, of course. Even those who are familiar with this best-selling indie game will enjoy the new overhaul version.…
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Time Travel Deemed Mathematically Possible (Flux Capacitor is Not Required)
Mathematicians have calculated that time travel is possible, however before you start your plans to stop yourself buying ‘No Mans Sky’, there is a catch. Ben Tippett from the University of British Columbia and David Tsang from the University of Maryland have together created a mathematical framework which would make…
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Large Hadron Collider Discovers Five New Particles
In the eight years since it began operating, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Switzerland has changed the landscape of particle physics. The LHC has already proven the existence of the fabled Higgs boson – long dubbed the “God particle” – and the creation of a miniature black…
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Come Out Swinging in Conan Exiles with Genital Physics… [NSFW]
We’re all for a bit of creative freedom in the character creation, which is why we’re happy to see that the new Conan Exiles from Funcom comes with quite a lot of both. The game features pretty comprehensive character editing, right down to the family jewels. The game uses sliders to…
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NVIDIA Creates World’s First Acoustically-Based Physics Engine
Another really fascinating announcement from NVIDIA’s press briefing today revolves around VRWORKS and the development of path traced audio. According to NVIDIA, this is the world’s first acoustically-based physics engine and works alongside the optics API to revolutionise the way we all enjoy VR content. This huge update allows haptic…
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Large Hadron Collider Taken Offline by Weasel!
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN is the world’s most powerful particle accelerator and now this vast and complex piece of scientific equipment has been forced to shut down due to a weasel. Unfortunately for the weasel, it didn’t survive its encounter with the LHC as it interfered with one…
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NASA’s “Impossible” EmDrive Explained by New Theory of Inertia
NASA’s controversial EmDrive is a curious development. A reactionless propulsion drive that, by all known laws of physics, shouldn’t work, but it does. Despite successful tests, a number of physicists still refuse to believe that the EmDrive works, since it violates Newton’s Third Law of Motion. And yet, this “impossible”…
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Neil DeGrasse Tyson Thinks We Could be Living in the Matrix
A popular hypothesis in speculative physics – one that has become a staple of sci-fi – is that our reality is nothing but a simulation. The idea being, the closer we come to being able to manipulate our own reality, the greater the chances that someone has already beaten us…
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Canada’s Prime Minister Shows Reporter He Knows Exactly What Quantum Computing Is
When you go to a press talk at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Canada, you expect there to be some smart remarks about what people may or may not know. Be warned, if you try to do this to Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau he will show you…
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New Diet Scanner Gadget Could Be Fitted To Smartphones
The advancement of technology and gadgets have paved the way for some unique and interesting innovations; this is no different and could revolutionize the way we interact with the real world. The gadget in question is a tiny molecular scanner that could be fitted onto a regular smartphone with the…
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How Many Laser Pointers Would You Need in Order to Kill a Human?
Scientists seem to have a lot of time on their hands if this is anything to go by, but hey ho, if you quite liked the idea of world domination while using a death ray, then this article is for you. A single laser pointer is not anywhere near powerful…
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