Crows can evaluate visual info twice as fast as mammals
Much of what we know about how a brain makes decisions comes from studying monkeys watching dots. In a task known as a random-dot-motion task, a cloud of flickering specks…
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World’s largest wildlife crossing nears completion in California
California is known for its giant, multi-laned highways bustling under bright blue skies. And while this infrastructure is useful to humans, the Golden State’s many highways represent an almost impenetrable…
Disgraced eMudhra drops out of TLS business after using cert private key of 4
eMudhra, the certificate authority that issued eight intermediate TLS credentials so weak that anyone could mint certificates for any website or mail server—one had a private encryption key of just…
Scam alert: The government is not deleting your phone number
The scams are getting a bit meta. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a warning about a new scam currently making the rounds. But this time, the con artists…
Ink droplets in motion snag top prize in Nikon Small World contest
A 25-year-old German experimental photographer has won the 2026 Nikon Small World photomicrography competition with a striking image of droplets of ink being deposited on paper by an inkjet printer.…
You could live in a converted Cold War missile silo for just $1.6 million
When it comes to buying a home, many people pay a premium for privacy. But one new listing Carlton, Kansas, takes the cake. For a measly $1.6 million, someone can…
Deer mating season can be deadly for drivers. Solar powered roadsigns may help.
Fall is here, and with it comes very determined deer. Mating season for the hoofed ruminants typically begins once temperatures dive and the days grow shorter, but the annual event…
Fires Char New Guinea
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Enterprises keep buying software upgrades that IT thinks will make things worse
Enterprise-sized businesses spend, on average, 28 percent of their software budgets on unwanted upgrades, migrations, and licensing changes. Often, those firms’ IT heads think those changes are detrimental. Those results…
AI-powered robots can be tricked into slicing off fingers
In a scene seemingly pulled straight out of a spy movie, computer scientists planted a dangerous, secret backdoor into an AI model. When activated by a trigger word, the compromised…