Advancements are a method of marking in-game progress that was implemented during snapshot 17w13a of Minecraft 1.12. The advancement system was added to replace the outdated, "achievements," feature ...

Part of Minecraft's charm has always been its simple, blocky, pixelated aesthetic. With more items than ever and some retextures over the years, vanilla Minecraft looks slightly less grassroots than ...

How a game looks is one of its most important factors, especially in an age of photo-realism and ray-tracing. So, even if you're playing one of the most aesthetically uncomplicated videogames to come ...

Minecraft fans are usually drawn to the seemingly never-ending terrain generation and the freedom to bring their creativity to life in the form of blocks. In 2020, Mojang Studios introduced a new ...

Katie Edwards is commissioning editor of health and medicine at The Conversation in the UK. Alejandra Perotti has received funding from BBSRC. Dan Baumgardt does not work for, consult, own shares in ...

Blue light is a high-energy part of visible light from the sun, screens, and light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs. Your cornea and lens don’t block blue light the way they block ultraviolet (UV) rays.