First launched in 1996 on the original Sony PlayStation by Japanese developer Capcom, Resident Evil was a sensation.

Rather than casting players as super-powered characters, as was the case with most video games in the 90s, it forced them to survive with limited resources.

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Scientists uncover a cellular survival mechanism that helps severely damaged tissue regenerate and may also reveal why some cancers return after treatment.

Tissues such as skin, along with the epithelial layers that cover and line many organs, have a remarkable ability to rebuild themselves after extensive damage. Scientists have known about this response, called compensatory proliferation, for roughly half a century. Yet exactly how cells manage to trigger such dramatic regrowth has remained a mystery.

This weekend, Russians are heading to the ballot box to vote in the first parliamentary election since the war with Ukraine began in early 2022.

Theoretically up for grabs are 450 seats in Russia’s parliament, the Duma, though the governing United Russia party, led by President Vladimir Putin, is expected to retain its comfortable majority.

While long maligned as a malaise-era misstep, today's Nice Price or No Dice Mustang II offers a T-top roof and louvered hatch glass, which were, and are, notably cool features. Let's see if this classic pony has a cool price, too.

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Xbox fans report being blocked from 100% completion in various games due to so-called "phantom achievements" — despite having collected the full 1,000 Gamerscore.