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Tunic is a 2022 action-adventure game developed by Isometricorp Games and published by Finji. It is set in a ruined fantasy world, where the player controls an anthropomorphic fox on a journey to free a fox spirit trapped in a crystal. The player discovers the gameplay and setting by exploring and finding in-game pages of a manual that offers clues, drawings, and notes. The backstory is obscured in a constructed writing system, and there are numerous hidden pathways. Designer Andrew Shouldice developed Tunic, his first major game, over seven years. The game was released for macOS, Windows, the Xbox One, and the Xbox Series X/S in March 2022, followed by ports for the Nintendo Switch, the PlayStation 4, and the PlayStation 5 in September. It received positive reviews, especially for its aesthetics, design, and gameplay, but drew some criticism for uneven difficulty and the potential for players to feel stuck. Tunic won the Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game award at the 26th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards. (Full article...)

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Marie Curie (1867–1934) was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist. Her groundbreaking research on radioactivity led to the discovery of two elements, polonium and radium, earning her two Nobel Prizes—in physics (1903) and in chemistry (1911)—and making her the first person and only woman to achieve such a feat. Her work revolutionised understanding of atomic structure and radiation, laying the foundation for modern nuclear physics and medical radiation therapy. This photograph of Curie was taken around the 1920s.

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