Beyond origami: New algorithm designs expandable 3D lattices
Chances are you’ve seen Hoberman spheres, those kinetic lattices made of joint-connected rods that, with a little manual effort, can contract or expand. Inspired by…
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S10 E18: Congress, Dollar Stores & BOTY Update II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Season 10, Episode 18. November 19th, 2023. John Oliver covers the week’s tense confrontations in Congress, then breaks down the problem with dollar stores, and…
McKesson discloses breach after ShinyHunters claims patient data theft
Healthcare and pharmaceutical distribution giant McKesson has disclosed a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to third-party applications and data theft, with the ShinyHunters extortion group…
Devastating scale of Himalayan floods comes into focus as rescuers arrive
Three days after a catastrophic wall of water, mud and rock tore through Nepal’s Himalayan valleys, the scale of the disaster is still coming into…
NASA is preparing to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Here’s what to know
NASA plans to soon launch a new space telescope that will survey a billion galaxies to trace how the universe evolved over time, all courtesy…
Groundbreaking treatments and vaccines offer hope in fight against cancer
There have been several promising developments lately in cancer research and treatment, including a new drug approved by the FDA this week for advanced pancreatic…
NASA’s Artemis II Crew Receives Congressional Space Medal of Honor
From left to right: NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman receive the…
PaperCut releases second emergency patch for exploited flaws
PaperCut has released a second emergency security update for two actively exploited vulnerabilities in its PaperCut NG and MF print management software after researchers discovered…
NASA Awards First Prize in Phase 2 of Agency’s LunaRecycle Challenge
NASA named a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as the first prize winner for Phase 2 of the agency’s LunaRecycle Challenge, which focused on developing solutions for reducing waste during missions to the Moon or deep space by recycling common materials, like…
GiveWP WordPress donation plugin flaw lets hackers execute server commands
A maximum-severity vulnerability in the GiveWP plugin for WordPress allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the hosting server. […]