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This ultra-rare ’90s LaserDisc game console can finally be emulated on a PC

This ultra-rare ’90s LaserDisc game console can finally be emulated on a PC

A Sega fan and collector since his youth and an emulator hobbyist since the early ’00s, Nemesis tracked down his first LaserActive unit for $200 in 2004. By 2009, he was publicly musing about what might be needed to finally get emulation support working for the short-lived system. “I really don’t think it would be very hard to do,” Nemesis …

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An Amish patient came to CHOP with unexplained brain inflammation. It turned out to be an ultra-rare genetic disorder.

An Amish patient came to CHOP with unexplained brain inflammation. It turned out to be an ultra-rare genetic disorder.

When an Amish patient arrived at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia with fatigue, a severe headache, and weakness on one side of her body, doctors scrambled to find a cause. All they could see was that she had brain inflammation. That’s usually caused by an infection, but her tests came back normal. High dose steroids, a standard treatment, weren’t effective. …

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NASA Astronaut Snaps Ultra-Rare ‘Gigantic Jet’ From Space in Once-in-a-Lifetime Photo

NASA Astronaut Snaps Ultra-Rare ‘Gigantic Jet’ From Space in Once-in-a-Lifetime Photo

On July 3, 2025, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, aboard the International Space Station (ISS), captured a fleeting but scientifically valuable image of a gigantic jet—a rare atmospheric electrical discharge that shoots from thunderstorm tops into the edge of space. This event, reported on NASA’s official portal, not only offered stunning visuals but also a critical data point for understanding the …

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Man’s heart stopped after common bacterium caused ultra-rare infection

Man’s heart stopped after common bacterium caused ultra-rare infection

A 51-year-old man showed up at a hospital in Germany looking as though he was wasting away, with swelling and tenderness in his ankles and knees. Then, his heart stopped. Doctors were able to resuscitate him. Then, they got to work trying to figure out what was wrong. The man told them that for three months he had been suffering …

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