Temnothorax kinomurai, a parasitic ant species found in Japan, reproduces asexually and all of its young develop into queens that try to take over other ants’ colonies ...

After 132 hours of Rogue Trader, I wasn't sure I had another one in me so soon. Another dense, grimdark RPG set in the ...

Note: This story contains spoilers from “Pluribus” Episode 9. “Pluribus” put its two unlikely heroes on the path to saving the world in the Season 1 finale, but not without some messy bickering first.

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Sign up to receive our weekly cultural-recommendations newsletter. Vince Gilligan’s new show, “Pluribus,” opens with an unconventional apocalypse. A benevolent ...

This post contains spoilers for Vince Gilligan’s new Apple TV series Pluribus. If it would make you unhappy to read them before seeing the first two episodes, keep this tab open until you watch them.

This post contains spoilers for Vince Gilligan’s new Apple TV series Pluribus. If it would make you unhappy to read them before seeing the first two episodes, keep this tab open until you watch them.

“Bugonia” opens not with action, but with a conversation: two men, Don and Teddy, talking about bees. Teddy explains colony collapse disorder: a phenomenon where bees abandon their queen, leaving the ...

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