A plutonium core from the Manhattan Project became deadly when two laboratory accidents exposed scientists to fatal radiation ...

On Wednesday night, Harvey Silikovitz, a player who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2019, competed in the 2026 ...

Attorney and karaoke singer Silikovitz, from West Orange, New Jersey, played against airline ramp agent Ian Morrison, from Aurora, Colorado, and software engineer Stells Trout, from Houston, Texas, on ...

Variety is, as they say, the spice of life, and 2025 provided a fantastic array of different video games. We’ve survived and extracted from the robot-ruled battlefields of Arc Raiders, adventured ...

The UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority announced it has succeeded in safely processing a can of plutonium residue into a stable waste form for the first time, marking a significant step toward ...

Multi-day fast-spectrum reactor experiments at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Criticality Experiments Research Center generate modern benchmark data. The data supports Oklo’s ...

Building 104, a former naval reserve center, still houses many artists, despite no running water, heat, and proximity to toxic waste. Pictured on April 26, 2025. Photo by Marina Newman. At a Board of ...

Editor’s note: Variety was part of the jury for The Game Awards 2025.

Jennifer Svedberg-Yen and Guillaume Broche of Sandfall Interactive on stage at The Game Awards 2025 (MICHAEL TRAN via Getty Images) This year at The Game Awards, if your game wasn’t melodramatic, ...

Every year, more and more outlets are paying attention to The Game Awards, and for good reason. The organization launched in 2014 to honor the year’s best innovations in video games, and they cover a ...

The role-playing game won nine prizes, including game of the year. By Zachary Small A role-playing game featuring a mythical paintress, demonic mimes and an orchestral soundtrack earned the top prize ...