A new fabric inspired by the feathers of the magnificent riflebird — a type of bird of paradise — is the darkest ever created, according to its inventors.

To find a better way to reproduce this cool color, a team at Cornell University looked to nature. Specifically, a bird called ...

For a family-friendly holiday movie, Home Alone is pretty dark – and not just because Kevin McCallister is clearly some kind ...

You've been out on the road for weeks, you stink, you're stressed, the locals keep hassling you, and you're frankly fed up with your traveling companions. Darkest Dungeon 2 has earned a reputation for ...

Sid was born, did some stuff, then decided to become a writer. He finds respite in the sweet embrace of mass media escapism after having risked his life too many times as a journalist covering ...

Darkest Dungeon 2 makes a surprising number of changes to its cult-classic predecessor. While fans are still trying to get used to the game’s roguelike design, there are some things about the Darkest ...

John is a Toronto-based author who does photography in his spare time. When not being insulted over Xbox Live, he spends his time playing soccer and perpetually napping. His favorite games include ...

A copious and often brilliant, if not quite unmissable reworking of a powerfully grim fantasy. I find it almost as hard to summarise Darkest Dungeon 2 as I do to survive within it. It has a way of ...

After losing his brother Niko to cancer, Brian McKnight Jr. shares a heartbreaking story regarding Niko and their estranged ...

The color "ultrablack"—defined as reflecting less than 0.5% of the light that hits it—has a variety of uses, including in ...

Ultrablack reflects less than 0.5% of light and is useful for cameras, solar panels, and telescopes but is hard to make and fades at angles, and researchers have now found a simple method to produce ...

I don't know that any game has ever left me feeling so utterly defeated as Darkest Dungeon. You may notice that this review is arriving a month after the game's official, "full" release out of early ...