Again, these resources are sufficient to cover an eight block wide area of water. Players looking to cover large areas will need to acquire more of the resources. A close-up of the sender and receiver ...

As humans, we make intuitive choices every day about how to empty the bin, sort laundry or the best way to get to work. But robots have a far more difficult time choosing from a never-ending list of ...

The computer game Minecraft, which depicts a world made up of retro, pixelated blocks that can be modified and rearranged in endless architectural configurations, has been praised for teaching young ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Humans are really good at deciding what to do next. Robots not so much. That’s changing, though, and scientists at Brown University are using the virtual world of Minecraft to help train robots to ...

Since it's just updated to version 1.45, there's surely no better time to introduce you to the wonders of ComputerCraft, the Minecraft mod that gives you programmable computers, modems and robots that ...