A team of immigrant developers created a video game to simulate the chaos of the H-1B visa system

Called "H-1B Life," this game invites users to play as immigrants hoping to build lives and careers in the United States.
Nature

‘Virtual cell’ captures most-basic process of life: bacterial division

Researchers simulated nearly every molecule in a bacterial cell — and then watched the cell grow and reproduce.
GameSpot

A Petri Dish Full Of Human Brain Cells Just Learned How To Play Doom

In 2024, Elon Musk's Neuralink implant allowed a quadriplegic patient to play RuneScape and Slay the Spire in his brain. But now, scientists are taking things further, training lab-grown brain cells ...
Rock Paper Shotgun

Learn about real-life rewilding in "idle city-builder + creature collector" Grow Wild, which is taking playtest sign-ups

Grow Wild is an educational and colourful first-person life sim about restoring small ecosystems with your trowel and ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus

'Is the system working for you?': Reentry simulation lets people experience challenges of life after prison

Damar Hampton joked with his “clients” Tuesday morning when they didn’t make it to interviews on time. The nonprofit Safer Foundation provides services for people with criminal records. Its vision: ...

A petri dish of human neurons has learned to play Doom: 'The cells play a lot like a beginner who's never seen a computer, and in fairness, they haven't'

Understandably, you're likely scratching your head, wondering how it's even possible for a petri dish to play Doom. Good question. The answer is the CL1, "the world’s first code ...