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How gross is biting your fingernails?

Popular Science

How gross is biting your fingernails? But you should probably stop to avoid bad bacteria and damaging your body. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .


These Cyborg Cockroaches Could Save Your Life

WIRED

The team embedded electrodes into live cockroaches, then outfitted them with cameras and injection devices to deliver medication via remote control. Small robots and drones have increasingly been used to help respond to disasters, reaching locations that are too hard or too dangerous to send humans, such as collapsed buildings . Many of these efforts have been focused on search and rescue. But new research shows how bugs--with their ability to crawl through even narrower gaps in rubbled-- outfitted with electrodes could be used as the next generation of first responders. A research team from the University of Queensland (UQ) and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have developed the "Paraborg" to not only help with searching for victims, but also administer first aid.


Why China Is the Bogeyman Data Center Enthusiasts Just Can't Quit

WIRED

Why China Is the Bogeyman Data Center Enthusiasts Just Can't Quit Polls show that overwhelming majorities of Americans hate data centers. China makes a perfect scapegoat for tech leaders and their allies--the only problem is a lack of evidence. Welcome to the first edition of Power Play! From now until the midterms, senior writer Molly Taft will be sharing their thoughts every Sunday on this political season's hottest issue: data centers. We welcome reader comments, and will be answering questions from the comments section in future editions. Be sure to catch WIRED's first livestream on data centers this Thursday, September 10, featuring Molly, senior politics correspondent Hugo Lowell, and senior business writer Max Zeff!


A once-in-a-generation event turns New York's waters black... see the extraordinary gathering

Daily Mail - Science & tech

You're viewing the US edition You can switch to the UK or AU homepage at any time using this menu. Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes appears in trailer for'secret' new documentary Karmelo Anthony asks donors to fork over more for defense after killer's family spent $500k on new home If Lindsay Clancy cared about the children she killed, she wouldn't be able to live. Read precisely what she did in those 45 minutes of evil... and see if you still believe her: MAUREEN CALLAHAN Jennifer Lopez's provocative behavior is raising eyebrows in the Hollywood cruel crowd but I know her well enough to spill the truth: ROB SHUTER Truth about the Falling Man: Sister of anonymous 9/11 jumper who became symbol of America's grief tells the heartbreaking full story, clues that lead to him... and why she knows God'caught his spirit' and carried it to Heaven Whisper these magic words in her ear and let the clothes fall where they may it's the surprisingly common kink everyone's talking about: JANA HOCKING Trump's new uniform design for Space Force bears uncanny resemblance to'the bad guys from Star Wars,' critics say As an atheist, I expected oblivion... but I entered the afterlife for six minutes and saw proof of what God is REALLY like. Pete Hegseth became so obsessed with a'selfie' that he had a highly-respected four-star general FIRED Dark double life of influencer'menace' Jack Doherty: Ex-employees and classmates expose despicable high school secret... as Christian model accuses him of degrading sex demand Kristin Cavallari's love life sparks brutal whispers in friend group: Insiders lift the lid after mortifying X-rated incident and make explosive claims about her private struggle Amanda Seyfried says farewell to Los Angeles and puts her idyllic Hollywood Hills pad on the market for $3.2million At 320lbs I struggled to walk and was addicted to bingeing TV... but a simple change helped me shed HALF my weight without Ozempic or surgery California woman charged with murder for allegedly'intentionally' running over her friend with SUV Rob Reiner wins posthumous Emmy for his role in The Bear... nine months after he was brutally murdered alongside wife Michele A once-in-a-generation event turns New York's waters black... see the extraordinary gathering READ MORE: Ritzy millionaires' paradise becomes a horror movie as'Four Horsemen' unleash an apocalyptic summer of terror on the elite... now experts expose chilling links A rare gathering of marine life recently turned stretches of New York's coastal waters black as an extraordinary number of sharks, rays and baitfish crowd the ocean just offshore.


Could a whale really swallow a human? We asked a biologist.

Popular Science

Could a whale really swallow a human? The new thriller'Whalefall' depicts a diver trapped inside of a sperm whale. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Sperm whales are the largest of all toothed whales. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week.


Scientists Put Caterpillars in an Ultraquiet Chamber to Learn How They Hear Without Ears

WIRED

The research could do more than help unlock the mystery of caterpillar hearing. It could also help make microphones better. A moment later it freezes. Tobacco hornworm caterpillars don't look like they have ears, and yet they're able to sense predators such as wasps. How does the caterpillar know a wasp is approaching?


Marvel Has Assigned 42 Hours of Homework Before 'Avengers: Doomsday'

WIRED

The studio released an official catch-up list ahead of December's release. We've got links to watch every one of the movies if you want to get up to speed. Marvel and Disney+ have issued a stacked watch list for fans ahead of the cinema release of on December 18. The Marvel Cinematic Universe can be complex terrain to navigate. Its 38 movies and 25 series to date span varying superhero plot lines, crossovers, and multiverse action, with the latest release likely to spare no less lore and real fan knowledge.


OpenAI agents hijacked German website in previously undisclosed AI breakout this spring

The Japan Times

AI researchers Cormac Slade Byrd (left), Sydney Von Arx (center) and Thomas Larsen in pose Berkeley, California. SAN FRANCISCO - A swarm of rogue OpenAI agents hijacked a German website this spring and transformed it into a bulletin board for other AI agents, according to new research published Friday and two people familiar with the matter. OpenAI officials learned of the incident weeks ago but kept it under wraps as executives grappled with the fallout from the July breach of the open source repository Hugging Face, the people said. The episode, which began in May and has not previously been reported, underscores growing tension within the AI industry. Companies are racing to build increasingly autonomous agents capable of carrying out complex, valuable tasks, yet evidence is mounting that those systems may also learn to bend rules, exploit loopholes and coordinate with one another in ways developers neither anticipated nor intended.


Out-of-this-world danger threatens America's newest cars... and could lead to thousands of crashes

Daily Mail - Science & tech

You're viewing the US edition You can switch to the UK or AU homepage at any time using this menu. Lindsay Clancy's ex-husband Patrick reveals his agony over mistrial after stepping out in NYC with new wife during deliberations Lindsay Clancy prosecutor snaps at protesters and press moments after killer mom's murder trial collapsed... as woman stood right behind him made her thoughts VERY clear George Clooney names the three Democrat politicians he would endorse in 2028... and reveals the real reason he will NEVER run for President Trump breaks silence on Lindsay Clancy after murder trial collapsed: 'She did a horrible, horrible thing' Secret message on Lindsay Clancy's wheelchair branded'disgusting': Legal experts warn she is taking'enormous risk' The uncomfortable truth about the massive fortune raised by Lindsay Clancy's supporters... and who REALLY stands to gain from the millions Lindsay Clancy verdict'disaster': Legal expert exposes a stunning twist in retrial battle and the'un-American' admission hidden in jury's note Wheel of Fortune announcer Jim Thornton is FIRED after shocking photos show him visiting'pedophilia' chatroom Lindsay Clancy's lawyer sends message to holdout juror who blocked not guilty verdict: Live updates Sam thought her'funny tummy' was caused by gluten or even IBS. Then she discovered the true culprit... a little-known cancer that's on the rise - and it's NOT colon cancer Trump insists Iran'not a war' FOUR times as 767 troops lie wounded and gas lingers over $4 a gallon The link between weight-loss jabs and thyroid cancer: As patients claim their illness was caused by the drugs, our experts reveal fears over high-dosage injections... and who should avoid taking them Inside Travis Kelce's new $5m lakefront mansion: Striking details of NFL star and Taylor Swift's new 3.5-acre love nest... fit with a ballroom, home theater and guest cottage Vogue's new nepo baby editor Chloe Malle reveals VERY dowdy personal style as she makes barbed remarks about not taking fashion'too seriously' Harry Potter author JK Rowling forced to cover name of her superyacht while docking it in Los Angeles over fears it'll attract unhinged pro-transgender protesters Out-of-this-world danger threatens America's newest cars... and could lead to thousands of crashes Scientists are warning that a sudden solar storm could lead to chaos on roadways throughout the US, as self-driving cars suffer a potentially fatal flaw to their GPS systems. A team of researchers in Boston confirmed for the first time that GPS radio signals can be disrupted by the energy released from powerful solar flares hitting the Earth. In self-driving vehicles, their guidance computers were thrown off by more than 30 feet, potentially meaning the difference between driving in the wrong lane in traffic or running a red light and causing a deadly accident.


Rogue OpenAI agents took over a German coding forum in a previously undisclosed hijacking

Engadget

Rogue OpenAI agents appear to have been involved in a previously undisclosed incident that saw them bypass their sandbox restrictions to hijack a website this past spring. Per Reuters, a group of researchers on Friday published findings showing that AI agents with affiliation to OpenAI made more than 15,000 edits to DseWiki, a German-language Wikipedia-style website originally intended to assist human coders, starting in late May. The agents had names like "OpenAIResearcher," and repurposed the site into a message board, where they shared tips on how to "cheat" on tasks, mask their actions and bypass OpenAI's restrictions. OpenAI reportedly only learned of the incident weeks ago, but Reuters claims company executives chose to keep quiet about what had happened amid the fallout of the previously disclosed Hugging Face breach. During that incident, a collection of OpenAI models, including GPT-5.6 Sol and what OpenAI described at the time as an "even more capable pre-release model," escaped their controlled environment and hacked the LLM repository after they became hyperfocused on solving an evaluation problem.