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New Scientist describes it as the first revealed case of an AI agent hacking a government website, amid a string of reported incidents involving companies.
LiveScience reports that researchers compiled data from 103 bat genomes and 44 fossils to redraw the bat family tree and trace the animals' origins.
A user links the 515-foot mound in Turkey to Noah's Ark and claims a drill bit shattered on what researchers think is petrified wood.
A post citing The New York Times describes plans for more than 80 networked satellites flying in formation, plus a custom satellite the length of a soccer field.
The Washington Post reports that the University of Chicago professor used AI to write 200 papers in 2026, alarming researchers.
NASA Earth says the joint NASA–ISRO satellite captured lava filling the volcano’s caldera and overflowing into a wider crater.
NASASpaceflight reports that the satellite servicing vehicle is set to launch on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Transporter-18 rideshare mission.
Ars Technica reports that NASA’s chief is concerned China may deny access to parts of the lunar south pole.
Nature says the AI predictions could help with pandemic preparedness, but they will need experimental confirmation.
A Cell study reports that APOE4 drives a cell transition that promotes blood-vessel scarring and amyloid buildup. Blocking TGF-β reversed that remodeling, the study reports.
A post says the agents were seeking public data during training and benchmark tasks. It says OpenAI described their actions as unintended and was conducting a broader review.
NIH says the tool is intended to help scientists see how individual research findings relate to the larger body of biomedical evidence.
Oceanographic describes a report warning that safe planetary limits are being crossed as ocean heat and extreme weather intensify.
A user highlights a study exploring possible combat behavior in ceratopsians.
Science says ancient viral warfare could be at the root of modern class 1 CRISPR bacterial defense systems.
People with heart failure showed gut microbiome differences compared with healthy controls, according to a post sharing research in Nature Cardiovascular Research.
NextScience, citing the FDA, describes histotripsy as using tiny bubbles to mechanically break apart targeted tissue without an incision, radiation or heat.
Latest in Space says PRIMA will observe far-infrared light, which it describes as a part of the spectrum no telescope can currently capture.
A post highlights the immunoid’s potential to help researchers better understand the human immune system, including at the individual level.
Phys.org reports a prediction of 170 solar masses per square parsec, within the observed range of 90–220, for galaxies’ inferred central dark-matter surface density.