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Resident Evil 6; Game's Producer Defends Poor Reviews

Resident Evil 6 was released yesterday to poor reviews by critics and fans. Resident Evil 6 was finally released on Tuesday after much anticipation. However, it was not met with much approval from fans of the series.

Tropical Storm Nadine 2012: Still Alive And Swirling Into The Record Books

Making history as one of the longest lasting tropical storms to date, Nadine is still swirling along in the Atlantic Ocean. Roughly at the same latitude as North Carolina, the natural disaster has now been a storm for 20 days. If the tropical system can last it out another week, it would break the all-time record for longevity. However, if the storm would die out sooner, it would still go into the record books, as only seven tropical storms have remained for a longer period of time.

Drilling Earth's Mantle: $1 Billion Project Being Considered To Answer Unsolved Mysteries

A team of international scientists are planning a $1 billion project to drill 3.7 miles beneath the seafloor and into the Earth's mantle in an attempt to get some answers about the origins and evolution of life, according to CNN. Cutting through the 3000 km-thick layer between the crust and the core of the Earth would reveal the first ever fresh samples from there for scientists to examine, the news source reported.