Marvel’s Spider-Man PS4 game twists physics to make web-swinging super fun

Video game worlds are getting big, which makes getting around them more difficult and time-consuming. Gamers want plenty of places to explore, but spending 20 real-time minutes riding around on a digital horse trying to find your next mission is frustrating.

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HOW OUR BIOLOGICAL CLOCK COULD DICTATE MEDICAL TREATMENTS

YOU MIGHT THINK the time on the clock controls when and how you live your life. But ticking away inside each of us is a biological timekeeper that holds powerful sway over our bodies and behaviors. When we eat and when we sleep, our heart rates and our hormones—they’re all regulated by our so-called circadian clocks. Continue reading HOW OUR BIOLOGICAL CLOCK COULD DICTATE MEDICAL TREATMENTS

FDA CRACKS DOWN ON E-CIGARETTES TO CURB TEEN-VAPING ‘EPIDEMIC’

TEENAGE USE OF e-cigarettes has reached “an epidemic proportion,” the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday, announcing that Juul and four other e-cigarette manufacturers have 60 days to “convincingly address” use by minors or the agency could take their products off the market. Continue reading FDA CRACKS DOWN ON E-CIGARETTES TO CURB TEEN-VAPING ‘EPIDEMIC’