Neanderthals cannibalized ‘outsider’ women and children in Belgian caves 45,000 years ago
Archaeologists discovered a horrifying secret while analyzing hundreds of Neanderthal bone fragments unearthed from a Belgian cave. Six Neanderthals were cannibalized 45,000 years ago, and the cannibals chose to eat women and children first. Modern archaeologists first explored the Goyet cave system in the Walloon region of southern Belgium in the late 19th century. Excavators […]
Scientists discover that the 10-year chimpanzee war ended with a baby boom for the victors
Killing neighbors and seizing their land led to a baby boom in Uganda’s chimpanzee community. This may indicate why chimpanzees find it advantageous to start wars. Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) have long been known for violent conflicts or “wars.” This was first recorded by British primate researcher Jane Goodall, who observed in 1974 that a chimpanzee […]
US banks scramble to assess data theft after hackers infiltrate financial technology companies
Several major U.S. banks and mortgage companies are reportedly rushing to investigate how much customer data was stolen in a cyberattack on a New York financial technology company earlier this month. SitusAMC, which provides technology to more than 1,000 commercial and real estate lenders, acknowledged in a statement over the weekend that it identified the […]
This startup wants to build a fusion reactor on a boat
Although only one fusion device on the planet has been able to meet important scientific standards, Maritime Fusion CEO Justin Cohen is already preparing to put a fusion reactor on board a boat. Please listen. That’s not entirely outlandish. Thanks to advances in AI, computing, and superconducting magnets, fusion power generation is closer to commercialization […]
Hundreds of burial statues suggest that ancient Egyptian pharaohs moved the bodies of different rulers and stole their tombs
Egyptian archaeologists discovered 225 shabtis (figurines intended to serve as servants of the deceased in the afterlife) that belonged to the pharaoh Shoshenq III in another pharaoh’s tomb. These figurines were found in the northern Egyptian ruins of Tanis, in the northern chamber of the tomb of Osorkon II, near an unmarked sarcophagus. The shabti […]
Second Sha1-Hulud wave affects over 25,000 repositories via npm preinstall credential theft
November 24, 2025Ravi LakshmananCloud security/vulnerabilities Multiple security vendors are warning of a second wave of attacks targeting the npm registry in a manner reminiscent of the Shai-Hulud attack. Aikido, HelixGuard, Koi Security, Socket, and Wiz report that this new supply chain campaign, called Sha1-Hulud, compromised hundreds of npm packages. The trojanized npm package was uploaded […]
Has America’s obesity rate reached a plateau?
Just over 40% of Americans are obese based on BMI, and that number has been increasing since the mid-1970s. However, some new statistics suggest that obesity rates are now plateauing or declining. Does this mean America has reached its heaviest weight? Experts aren’t so sure. The apparent plateau is short-lived, data are incomplete, and the […]
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refresh 2025-11-24T18:34:42.495Z How Antarctica’s melting creates a carbon sink View of the Admiralty Mountains near Cape Roger, East Antarctica (Image credit: Andrew Peacock, Getty Images) East Antarctica’s ice sheet, once thought by scientists to be stable despite human-induced climate change, is melting during warm Southern Hemisphere summers. But here’s the good news. When ice sheets […]
Fortinet Exploit, Chrome 0-Day, BadIIS Malware, Record DDoS, SaaS Breach & More
Nov 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Hacking News This week saw a lot of new cyber trouble. Hackers hit Fortinet and Chrome with new 0-day bugs. They also broke into supply chains and SaaS tools. Many hid inside trusted apps, browser alerts, and software updates. Big firms like Microsoft, Salesforce, and Google had to react fast […]
Scientists say a major bottleneck in AI has been removed and it is now able to process calculations at “the speed of light.”
Scientists have developed the foundational architecture for the next generation of optical computing, which uses light rather than electricity to power chips. This has the potential to revolutionize the way artificial intelligence (AI) models are trained and run. At the heart of large-scale language models (LLMs) and deep learning-based models are weighted organizational structures called […]