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Ecologists Struggle to Get a Grip on ‘Keystone Species’ | Quanta Magazine
IntroductionAnne Salomon’s first week as a graduate student in 2001 was not what she had anticipated. While other new students headed to introductory lectures,...
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6 Features We Want in Vision Pro’s First Major Software Update
Vision Pro is an impressive headset but it’s not perfect right out of the gate. Luckily, Apple has a great track record of improving...
US Government Expands Role in Software Security
The Biden administration continues to push for closer public-private partnerships to harden US information-technology infrastructure, calling on companies to shift to memory-safe programming languages...
A ‘Lobby’ Where a Molecule Mob Tells Genes What to Do | Quanta Magazine
IntroductionThe discovery during the Human Genome Project in the early 2000s that we humans have only about 20,000 protein-coding genes — about as many...
Raspberry Robin Jumps on 1-Day Bugs to Nest Deep in Windows Networks
The Raspberry Robin worm is incorporating one-day exploits almost as soon as they're developed, in order to improve on its privilege escalation capabilities. Researchers from...
Plants Find Light Using Gaps Between Their Cells | Quanta Magazine
IntroductionOn a shelf lined with terra cotta pots, herbs bend their stems toward the nearest window. In a field of golden wildflowers, leaves rotate...
Bitcoin ETFs: What They Are and How to Invest (in 2024)
On January 10, 2024, the US SEC approved bitcoin spot ETFs in a highly anticipated move that has energized the broader cryptocurrency market....
War or Cost of Doing Business? Cyber Insurers Hashing Out Exclusions
Drugmaker Merck's long legal battle with its insurance companies over the damages caused to its business by the NotPetya wiper worm ended last week...
Cells Across the Body Talk to Each Other About Aging | Quanta Magazine
IntroductionAging can seem like an unregulated process: As time marches along, our cells and bodies inevitably accumulate dings and dents that cause dysfunctions, failures...
How This Marine Worm Can Tell Moonglow From Sunbeams | Quanta Magazine
IntroductionOn a summer night in the Bay of Naples, hordes of worms swam upward from the seagrass toward the water’s surface under the light...
Complex ‘NKAbuse’ Malware Uses Blockchain to Hide on Linux, IoT Machines
A sophisticated and versatile malware called NKAbuse has been discovered operating as both a flooder and a backdoor, targeting Linux desktops in Colombia, Mexico,...
Thrasher Coming 2024 From Thumper’s Developers
Thrasher reaches Quest and PC VR next year from the developers behind rhythm violence game Thumper.Described as a "mind-melting cosmic racer," Thrasher sees you...
Extra-Long Blasts Challenge Our Theories of Cosmic Cataclysms | Quanta Magazine
IntroductionOn December 11, 2021, a beam of gamma rays — the most energetic form of light — slammed into NASA’s Swift satellite. Within 120...
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