William Herkewitz

Recent releases worthy of your next game night.

A groundbreaking experiment has possibly rewritten the rules of the universe. It couldn’t have happened without this 17-ton electromagnet.

Nowhere is Scrabble taken more seriously than in Africa, where many countries recognize the game as an official sport. We spoke to Kenya’s Jared Omolo, a professional player (and CDC epidemiologist) who earns his title with deep preparation and tested techniques. Word Power As you might expect, pro Scrabble players live and die by their voluminous vocabulary. “We call it ‘Word Power,’ and it’s definitely the most critical element in Scrabble strategy,” says Omolo. But not all words are weighed…

We know cheetahs are the speed demons of the animal kingdom, but how do other animals in the air and sea measure up?

Self-healing electronics, thanks to the power of magnetism.

It works a little like a sliding block puzzle, but on the nanoscale.

And scientists have built a computer module that can tease them out.

Ditch Candy Crush and start using your mobile device’s full potential...to destroy your friends on the racetrack.

Put the best games on your mobile device and never shuffle a deck of cards again.

NASA’s quantum computer just solved a problem 100 million times faster than a conventional computer chip could.