A 20-year-old college student has rebuilt Portal, Valve's 2007 space-bending game, from the ground up, on—wait for it—a graphing calculator. In a display that puts the old calculator versions of Mario ...

Games The House of Tesla is a puzzler that takes you to the heart of the iconic Tesla Tower and its lost secrets. Games Face electrifying challenges in The House of Tesla Puzzle Portal sicko beats the ...

Much will be written about how smartly designed Portal 2 is, and that’s not to be disputed. But what particularly stands out about the game is its nonstop humor. Portal 2 is the most hilarious form of ...

PLAYMAKERS is an exploration of the experiences and innovations that are leading the way for learning design in the twenty-first century. Produced by Institute of Play, the seven videos in the ...

Even if you’re one of the most precise physicists on the planet — as University of Delaware Professor Marianna Safronova is — you still will need collaborators whose skills complement your own and ...

Half-Life and Portal. It's hard to think of another two games that so instantly and consistently spark peoples' enthusiasm - mention either of Valve's iconic series to basically anyone with a gaming ...

CERN’s historic discovery of the elusive Higgs boson --- the subatomic particle thought to be at the root of what gives normal matter its mass --- may actually represent only a portion of a more ...

In 2012, scientists at the international CERN collaboration announced the discovery of the elusive Higgs Boson particle. The mystery particle is believed to be a fundamental element of particle ...

Physicists may not have been smiled on by the advisers who drew up US President George W. Bush's first budget request, but their discipline is going through exciting times, nevertheless. Other areas ...