NZ universities accepting English proficiency tests through Duolingo

It's part of a global trend - by last year, all eight Ivy League universities in the United States were using Duolingo scores ...

‘I made a small fortune playing an ancient board game’

Marc Olsen was just 18 when he started winning money at backgammon. Sitting at his computer in Copenhagen in 2004, he would ...

‘I’ve won hundreds of thousands of pounds as a backgammon grandmaster’

Sitting at his computer in Copenhagen in 2004, he would challenge players from all over the world on one of the first ...
New Scientist

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New Scientist writers and contributors have chosen their top science-y books, films, TV shows, music, video games and board ...
PCMag

Lenovo's 2026 'Panther Lake' Desktops Are All-in-One PCs That Glow and Pack Square Screens

Lenovo's fresh all-in-one PCs for CES 2026 are the luminous Yoga AIO I Aura Edition, and the near-square ThinkCentre X AIO ...
C&EN

Rigoberto Hernandez wants to foster a sense of togetherness

The 2026 ACS president will spend the society's 150th anniversary focusing on growing ACS's platform and engaging its members ...
The New York Times

The Best Board Games

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PC Magazine

The Best January Laptop Deals on Expert Picks From Dell, HP, Lenovo, and More

After starting my career at PCMag as an intern more than a decade ago, I’m back as one of its editors, focused on managing laptops, desktops, and components coverage. With 15 years of experience, I ...