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An attack agent’s captured instructions reportedly combine borrowed AI models with tools for scanning, exploitation and cryptocurrency mining. The Register describes a design permitting up to 100,000 steps without human approval, but Symantec says it has no evidence of deployment in real-world attacks.
Physics
Simulations suggest that Mars’s recurring Arsia Mons cloud could form when water vapor turns into ice without dust particles, according to Ars Technica. The cloud stretches more than 1,000 miles; the proposed explanation requires rapid cooling and extreme humidity.
EARTH
Preserved plants and dated rock surfaces suggest that Barnes Ice Cap in the Canadian Arctic reversed its retreat and began expanding roughly 2,000 years ago. Ars Technica reports that a Science study interprets this as an early step toward renewed glaciation, interrupted around 1960 by human-driven warming.
LIFE
RNA editing in longfin inshore squid was linked to a broad range of changes in protein behavior, ScienceAlert reports, citing a study published in Cell. By altering RNA instructions used to make proteins, the animals can produce proteins with different properties without changing their DNA, the researchers say.
Health
A reported study has identified five subtypes of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), a condition involving fat buildup in the liver. Researchers derived the groups from 1,532 patients and validated the grouping in another 3,070, finding differences in subsequent health risks.
EARTH
A reported analysis of Colorado River Basin data from 2004–2023 found greater groundwater losses in the Upper Basin than the Lower Basin during a severe drought. ScienceAlert describes a reversal of expectations for underground reserves usually replenished by mountain snowmelt.
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An attack agent’s captured instructions reportedly combine borrowed AI models with tools for scanning, exploitation and cryptocurrency mining. The Register describes a design permitting up to 100,000 steps without human approval, but Symantec says it has no evidence of deployment in real-world attacks.
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Health+186%Changes vs prior 7d7 → 20An attack agent’s captured instructions reportedly combine borrowed AI models with tools for scanning, exploitation and cryptocurrency mining. The Register describes a design permitting up to 100,000 steps without human approval, but Symantec says it has no evidence of deployment in real-world attacks.
Simulations suggest that Mars’s recurring Arsia Mons cloud could form when water vapor turns into ice without dust particles, according to Ars Technica. The cloud stretches more than 1,000 miles; the proposed explanation requires rapid cooling and extreme humidity.
Preserved plants and dated rock surfaces suggest that Barnes Ice Cap in the Canadian Arctic reversed its retreat and began expanding roughly 2,000 years ago. Ars Technica reports that a Science study interprets this as an early step toward renewed glaciation, interrupted around 1960 by human-driven warming.
RNA editing in longfin inshore squid was linked to a broad range of changes in protein behavior, ScienceAlert reports, citing a study published in Cell. By altering RNA instructions used to make proteins, the animals can produce proteins with different properties without changing their DNA, the researchers say.
An attack agent’s captured instructions reportedly combine borrowed AI models with tools for scanning, exploitation and cryptocurrency mining. The Register describes a design permitting up to 100,000 steps without human approval, but Symantec says it has no evidence of deployment in real-world attacks.
Simulations suggest that Mars’s recurring Arsia Mons cloud could form when water vapor turns into ice without dust particles, according to Ars Technica. The cloud stretches more than 1,000 miles; the proposed explanation requires rapid cooling and extreme humidity.
Preserved plants and dated rock surfaces suggest that Barnes Ice Cap in the Canadian Arctic reversed its retreat and began expanding roughly 2,000 years ago. Ars Technica reports that a Science study interprets this as an early step toward renewed glaciation, interrupted around 1960 by human-driven warming.
RNA editing in longfin inshore squid was linked to a broad range of changes in protein behavior, ScienceAlert reports, citing a study published in Cell. By altering RNA instructions used to make proteins, the animals can produce proteins with different properties without changing their DNA, the researchers say.
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