Retro gaming's renaissance: Sealed sets and consoles hitting record valuations in 2026

Collectors celebrate the retro gaming renaissance in 2026, as sealed consoles shatter records as enthusiasts bid on rare ...
Greek Reporter

3,000 BC Board Game Found in Southern Russia May Be Early Form of Chess

Archaeologists discovered a 3,000 BC board game in southern Russia that may represent one of the earliest known chess predecessors.
Anna Cramling Chess on MSN

Magnus Carlsen was beaten in 19 moves and it was caught on camera

A casual day at the chess boards turned into something extraordinary when Judit Polgar and Magnus Carlsen sat down for an unexpected game in Madrid. What followed was a sharp Sicilian battle that ...
Hoodline

Magnetic Chess Game Yanked Nationwide Over Gut-Wrenching Kid Safety Fears

Roughly 151,600 Kluster Fun tabletop magnetic chess sets are being recalled, and families are being urged to pull the game away from children right away and follow the maker’s instructions to trash it ...
The Indian Express

In year of woe, Gukesh suffers another defeat, this time featuring a rare slip up with clock

World champion D Gukesh looked perplexed. On a day where nothing had gone right for him for the better part of the past three hours, this was something that he could not quite explain. Across the ...
The Guardian

Chess: British players win Isle of Wight Masters as Scots achieve rare double

GM Matthew Wadsworth won in Ryde on tiebreak, Scottish GM Matthew Turner also shared first, while in Graz Scotland’s Freddy Waldhausen Gordon, 15, qualified for the IM title In just two years, the ...
NPR

The FDA creates a quicker path for gene therapies

The Food and Drug Administration Monday unveiled the details of a new policy designed to make it easier and quicker for patients with very rare diseases to get cutting-edge treatments. The new ...
STAT

FDA unveils rules for bespoke gene therapies, predicting flood of rare disease applications

Jason Mast is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the science behind new medicines and the systems and people that decide whether that science ever reaches patients. You can reach Jason ...
CNN

FDA proposes new system for approving customized drugs and therapies for rare diseases

Federal health officials on Monday laid out a proposal to spur development of customized treatments for patients with hard-to-treat diseases, including for rare genetic conditions that the ...
TribLIVE.com

A rare 4-year, 1-school player, David Dixon sets record for most wins in Duquesne uniform

When Duquesne senior big man David Dixon grabbed his 10th rebound Wednesday night against La Salle and flipped a short pass to Tarence Guinyard, little did he know he was about to become the ...
Rolling Stone

Queen Plan Lavish ‘Queen II’ Box Set With Outtakes, Rare Live Recordings

Queen‘s second album, Queen II, home to the single “Seven Seas of Rhye” and Mick Rock’s iconic cover shot, will be expanded into a lavish box set this spring with the addition of previously unreleased ...
Nature

AI succeeds in diagnosing rare diseases

Timo Lassmann is at The Kids Research Institute Australia and the UWA Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009, Australia. Read the paper ...