Video Games May Enhance Skills Beyond a Superb Double Jump

Feb 6, 2019 | BrainFacts

The staccato shots of gunfire erupt before you see your enemy. The music builds, your heartbeat rises, and you select your weapon, perhaps a shotgun, a sniper rifle, an AK-47, or even a Molotov cocktail. You and your allies leave the safety of the base, uncertain if...

Three batteries that could power our future

May 24, 2017 | HPE Insights

There are no rechargeable batteries we know and love. There are only batteries that we know and don’t hate. That’s because the batteries we know and use daily have as many negatives as positives. Efficient energy storage—especially portable energy storage—is one of...

You Knew It Was True: Online Gaming Increases Test Scores

Aug 19, 2016 | Geek & Sundry

Video game players like to pride ourselves on our fabulous reflexes and our ability to hold our bladders. But now there’s something else that gamers can take pride in: our brains. According to a recent publication in The International Journal of...

Love to Binge-Watch TV? Pity, ‘Cus It Could Kill You

Aug 5, 2016 | Geek & Sundry

If you love watching an entire season of television in one popcorn-fueled frenzy, I have some bad news: it could kill you. According to a Japanese study “Watching Television and Risk of Mortality From Pulmonary Embolism Among Japanese Men and Women” led by Toru...

Social Board Games Keep Your Brain Sharp

Jul 17, 2016 | Geek & Sundry

Making your friends hand over their resources to you in Settlers in Catan or revealing yourself to be a Cylon in Battlestar Galactica isn’t just satisfying on a personal level. It seems that this can help your brain as you age. According to the New York Times, Paul...