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A knife broke off in a man's chest, and he didn't notice it for 8 years
Diagnostic dilemma A man noticed pus oozing from his chest, and it ended up revealing a knife blade in his thoracic cavity.
A tragic gene therapy death that stalled the field for a decade — Sept. 17, 1999
Sept. 17, 1999: Jesse Gelsinger died after receiving a gene therapy treatment to treat a liver disease. The death sparked an investigation and caution around gene therapy, which ultimately stalled the field for years.
Volcanic 'googly eyes' stare into space from skull-like peninsula
Earth from space A 2014 astronaut photo shows a pair of volcanic lakes appearing to stare up into space from the Chiltepe Peninsula of Nicaragua's Lake Managua. These "eyes" and "skull" were created by violent eruptions thousands of years ago.
Pawnee Star Chart: A precontact elk-skin map used by Indigenous priests to tell an origin story
The unique map depicts patterns of stars in the night sky, but its meaning is debated.
Where is Queen Boudica buried?
The remains of Britain's national heroine — Queen Boudica of the Iceni tribe — are not under a train station in north London. So, where is her grave?
James Webb telescope's 'starlit mountaintop' could be the observatory's best image yet — Space photo of the week
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured infant stars carving peaks of dust and gas in the Pismis 24 star cluster.
Science history: Gravitational waves detected, proving Einstein right — Sept. 14, 2015
When LIGO detected gravitational waves unleashed from two colliding black holes for the first time in science history, it set off a whole new era in astronomy.
Why do AI chatbots use so much energy?
AI chatbots are infamous energy guzzlers. But why do they use so much electricity?
