Video games designed to tackle tough scientific problems are leading to breakthroughs in RNA structure, protein folding, genetic sequence alignment, and more. Eli Fisker has struggled to hold down a ...

Get excited for a new major sci-fi game from Housemarque and two heavy-hitters from third-party studios.

While you are playing this game you will be ‘working scientifically’ – that means thinking like a scientist! A scientist who studies Dinosaurs is called a Palaeontologist.

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