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Hackers pocketed as much as $155,000 by sneaking a backdoor into a code library used by developers of smart contract apps that work with the cryptocurrency known as Solana. The supply-chain attack targeted solana-web3.js, a collection of JavaScript code used…
Running massive AI models locally on smartphones or laptops may be possible after a new compression algorithm trims down their size — meaning your data never leaves your device. The catch is that it might drain your battery in an…
A meta-analysis of 30 research studies examining children with traumatic experiences found that securely attached children tended to exhibit less severe posttraumatic stress symptoms after experiencing a traumatic event. In contrast, insecure attachment was associated with more severe posttraumatic stress…
Historically, games based on popular film or TV franchises have generally been seen as cheap cash-ins, slapping familiar characters and settings on a shovelware clone of a popular genre and counting on the license to sell enough copies to devoted…
One of the biggest superstars in human history lies in the National Museum of Ethiopia. Here, in Addis Ababa, sit the fragile remains of the world’s most celebrated human ancestor: Lucy. Once, she was a hardy survivor in a harsh…
An extremely rare gold coin featuring Brutus, who helped spearhead Julius Caesar’s assassination, is up for auction in December.
ESA’s Proba-3 mission will use one satellite to block out the sun for another satellite, bringing the sun’s middle corona into new focus.
Patients with acromegaly make too much growth hormone, which causes them to grow disproportionately large bones, organs and tissues.
A new study published in Current Biology sheds light on how the brain divides the continuous flow of information in our daily lives into discrete, meaningful events. The findings reveal that these divisions—similar to starting a new chapter in a…
A tethered mosquito approaches the web in the path of release of the cone, and triggers web release response. Credit: S.I. Han and T.A. Blackledge, 2024. A tethered mosquito approaches the web in the path of release of the cone,…
