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Egypt game

Humans

How the rules of long-lost board games take us inside ancient minds

Humans have faced off with grids, dice and pieces for millennia – figuring out the rules of long-lost board games can take us inside ancient minds

Features

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Humans

Holiday brain-off round 4: Demonstrate the wisdom of the ages

Features

Image from the film Arrival

Technology

Cracking Arrival-like alien languages is gaming's new frontier

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Factory of the Sun video installation

Technology

Reality-bending art show reveals how easily we are manipulated

Culture

World’s best navigators mostly come from Nordic countries

Humans

World’s best navigators mostly come from Nordic countries

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Woman using VR headset

Technology

How high-end virtual reality headsets could lose the cables

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tractor in field of lavender

Technology

Inside the weirdly calming world of farming and truck simulators

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Video games become political as US election looms

Technology

Video games become political as US election looms

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Technology

Playing Grand Theft Auto can teach autonomous cars how to drive

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A promotional image for the video game with the title on a background showing one of the many possible worlds the game creates

Technology

When infinity gets boring: What went wrong with No Man’s Sky

It promised the world. In fact, it promised the universe, but just hours after the year’s most hyped game was released, players complained they were bored. Why?

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Technology

Beyond Pokémon Go: augmented reality is set to transform gaming

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Technology

Visit MetaWorld – the virtual world that exists after you leave

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Technology

Brain training game for troops tackles effects of combat trauma

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Technology

Pokémon Go away: Who owns the augmented reality we play in?

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