July 8, 2026
This million-dollar Kickstarter will take 18 years to finish.

This million-dollar Kickstarter will take 18 years to finish.

The RPG Project Phoenix initially raised over $1 million in 2013, when it was slated to launch in 2015. As Kotaku reports, after seven years without any updates, the game’s director now says production won’t be finished until “the end of 2031,” when a release date will be revealed. [Link: RPG Announced In 2013 Announces…

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New screening tool spots RNA-disrupting antibiotics for drug-resistant gram-negative bacteria

New screening tool spots RNA-disrupting antibiotics for drug-resistant gram-negative bacteria

Researchers from Skoltech and other science centers in Russia have developed a reporter system—a tool for screening potential new antibiotics—that enables the selection of drug compounds disrupting RNA synthesis in gram-negative bacteria. Among others, these include multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a dangerous pathogen responsible for hospital-acquired infections that has already adapted to existing antibiotics.

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