What color is the letter A? This is a question Nicholas Root often asks to the volunteers he recruits for his research. Most people have the same reaction. “They say the work is stupid and the letters have no color,”…
Colombia’s invasive hippo population is even higher than researchers thought, according to the most thorough hippo census ever conducted. Scientists are already concerned that hippos, thought to be the world’s largest invasive species, are threatening native plants and animals, and…
Three critical vulnerabilities have been discovered in RenderDoc, a graphics debugger that supports multiple operating systems including Windows, Linux, Android and Nintendo Switch. The software seamlessly integrates with leading game software engines such as Unity and Unreal, making it a…
Aoshima stray cat Tool and Bruno Morandi/Photodisc/Getty Images Single dose contraceptives that do not require surgery have been effective in six female cats for at least 3 years and are expected to remain effective for the rest of their lives.…
As digital transformation and OT/IT convergence accelerate, attacks against critical infrastructure and other OT systems are on the rise. Water treatment plants, energy providers, factories, chemical plants, the infrastructure that supports our daily lives can all be at risk. Disruption…
Vaccines against Covid-19 were delivered with remarkable and unprecedented speed. The ones pioneered by Moderna in the US and BioNTech in Germany introduced the lay public to a new kind of shot: one that includes mRNA, the nucleic acid that…
A new cyber-attack technique using the OpenAI language model ChatGPT has emerged, allowing attackers to spread malicious packages into developer environments. Vulcan Cyber’s Voyager18 research team described the findings in an advisory published today. “We have observed that ChatGPT generates…
Water flows from the collapse of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam in Ukraine Associated Press/Alamy The Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant in southern Ukraine was severely damaged by an explosion, rapidly releasing large amounts of trapped water downstream. What impact will it…
June 6, 2023Ravi LakshmananMobile Security/Malvertising As part of a campaign that began in October 2022, thousands of adware apps for Android were found disguised as cracks or mods of popular apps, redirecting users and serving unwanted ads to them. “This…
The “clumps” of seaweed twice the width of the United States that trickle across the Caribbean and deliver copious amounts of algae to Florida’s beaches are also carrying unwelcome tourists: disease-causing bacteria. And the plastic debris we wash into the…
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