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James Watson, who helped unravel DNA’s double-helix, has died

James Dewey Watson, who helped reveal DNA’s double-helix structure, kicked off the Human Genome Project, and became infamous for his racist, sexist, and otherwise...

Researchers surprised that with AI, toxicity is harder to fake than intelligence

The next time you encounter an unusually polite reply on social media, you might want to check twice. It could be an AI model...

Commercial spyware “Landfall” ran rampant on Samsung phones for almost a year

Before the April 2025 patch, Samsung phones had a vulnerability in their image processing library. This is a zero-click attack because the user doesn’t...

The government shutdown is starting to have cosmic consequences

The federal government shutdown, now in its 38th day, prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to issue a temporary emergency order Thursday prohibiting commercial rocket...

Next-generation black hole imaging may help us understand gravity better

Right now, we probably don’t have the ability to detect these small changes in phenomena. However, that may change, as a next-generation version of...

Wipers from Russia’s most cut-throat hackers rain destruction on Ukraine

One of the world’s most ruthless and advanced hacking groups, the Russian state-controlled Sandworm, launched a series of destructive cyberattacks in the country’s ongoing...

Musk and Trump both went to Penn—now hacked by someone sympathetic to their cause

Once that information was taken, the hacker sent an email to numerous members of the Penn community. It had the subject line “We got...

83-year-old man married 50 years nearly stumps doctors with surprise STI

In the end, his combination of rash, malaise, liver and kidney problems, facial paralysis, and swelling all fit with syphilis. However, syphilis that affects...

In a stunning comeback, Jared Isaacman is renominated to lead NASA

President Trump announced Tuesday evening that he is renominating private astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. “Jared’s passion for space, astronaut experience, and dedication...

FDA described as a “clown show” amid latest scandal; top drug regulator is out

In September, Tidmarsh went after Tang’s Aurinia and its drug voclosporin that treats lupus nephritis, a disease in which the immune system attacks the...

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