Cybercriminals turn to “residential proxy” services to hide malicious traffic
For years, gray market services known as “bulletproof” hosts have been a key tool for cybercriminals…
Penguin poop may help preserve Antarctic climate
The ammonia from the guano does not form the particles but supercharges the process that does,…
Ghost forests are growing as sea levels rise
Like giant bones planted in the earth, clusters of tree trunks, stripped clean of bark, are…
How did eastern North America form?
For decades, geologists have understood the broad picture of how eastern North America came to be….
What could possibly go wrong? DOGE to rapidly rebuild Social Security codebase.
Like many legacy government IT systems, SSA systems contain code written in COBOL, a programming language…
Huh? The valuable role of interjections
Wiltschko and her students have now examined more than 20 languages, and every one of them…
New research shows bigger animals get more cancer, defying decades-old belief
The answer lies in how quickly body size evolves. We found that birds and mammals that…
EV battery manufacturing capacity will rise when 10 plants come online this year
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate,…
Moon rocks reveal hidden lunar history
That mission, and the 2020 Chang’e-5 robotic mission before it, are the first to return lunar…
Trump has thrown a wrench into a national EV charging program
In December, MDOT issued a new call for proposals for building up to 29 additional highway…
Feds putting the kibosh on national EV charging program
“There is no legal basis for funds that have been apportioned to states to build projects…
Has Trump changed the retirement plans for the country’s largest coal plants?
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate,…
Amazon must solve hallucination problem before launching AI-enabled Alexa
“[T]he most challenging thing about AI agents is making sure they’re safe, reliable, and predictable,” Anthropic’s…
Weight loss drugs may also treat addiction, Alzheimer’s, and heart disease
Adam Steensberg, the chief executive of Danish biotech Zealand Pharma, which is developing an alternative weight…
The latest in poker cheats: Tiny cameras that can see cards as they’re dealt
“I think it’s kind of surprising that a lot of these things don’t happen sooner, to…
Teen creates memecoin, dumps it, earns $50,000
Equally disturbed and bewildered, Biesk and his wife formed a provisional plan: to make all public…
Can desalination quench agriculture’s thirst?
Spreading out the research Ninety-eight miles north of Loya’s farm, along a dead flat and endlessly…
Elizabeth Warren calls for crackdown on Internet “monopoly” you’ve never heard of
US Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Congressman Jerry Nadler of New York have called on…
Here are 3 science-backed strategies to rein in election anxiety
In this scenario, I encourage my patients to move past that initial thought of how awful…
Are Boeing’s problems beyond fixable?
“Kelly Ortberg is pivoting the company back to their roots,” he said. “All the employees of…
Studies of migraine’s many triggers offer paths to new therapies
He also tried levcromakalim, another blood vessel opener that lowers blood pressure. It’s a potassium-channel opener,…
Startup can identify deepfake video in real time
Christopher Ren does a solid Elon Musk impression. Ren is a product manager at Reality Defender,…
Two comets will be visible in the night skies this month
Or no time at all. ’Oumuamua, the odd little object that visited our solar system in…
Can walls of oysters protect shores against hurricanes? Darpa wants to know.
Playing defense Reefense The project is one of three being developed under a $67.6 million program…