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3+ min ago  (442+ words) How does a living thing fold itself into complex shapes without a brain, nerves, or muscles? A new study of one of Earth's simplest animals suggests the answer lies in a surprisingly elegant mechanism'more like origami than engineering. Placozoa are…...

3+ min ago  (176+ words) A giant flower's rediscovery in a West Sumatran forest of Indonesia has spurred a growing campaign among researchers to change the colonial-era name of one of the world's most famous plants. Last month's find of an extremely rare Rafflesia hasseltii…...

4+ min ago  (412+ words) For the first time, scientists have uncovered fossilized footprints of large land animals preserved in ancient coastal sand dunes in the Spanish region of Murcia. Among them are the clear tracks of a prehistoric elephant species, offering a rare and…...

6+ min ago  (890+ words) As enterprises look ahead to 2026, senior technology leaders are converging on a clear message: artificial intelligence is moving from experimentation to execution. Ann Maya, chief technology officer for EMEA at Boomi, and Steve Lucas, Boomi's chair and CEO, argue that…...

6+ min ago  (373+ words) Met Office says temperatures are tracking ahead of 2022 after year of heatwaves and drought, though late cold spell could yet intervene Forecasters say 2025 is "more likely than not" to break the record for the hottest year in the UK since…...

7+ min ago  (378+ words) We may sing it, paint it, bet on it and even think we remember it, but the likelihood of actually experiencing a white Christmas in Ireland is low. And the expectation is that it is going to get lower. Met…...

7+ min ago  (255+ words) We just got a great up-close look at a SpaceX Starlink satellite in orbit, thanks to Vantor's WorldView-3 spacecraft. On Wednesday (Dec. 17), this particular Starlink suffered an anomaly that caused a loss of communication with the ground and an unscheduled…...

7+ min ago  (579+ words) Your system trusts UI input and sends security emails to attacker-controlled addresses instead of database values TL;DR: You normalize email for lookup but trust UI data for delivery, breaking identity ownership. When you handle user input containing Unicode characters,…...

7+ min ago  (301+ words) I always had a lingering doubt about what exactly a VPC is, why we need it, and what problem it actually solves. This small hands-on project answered all those questions clearly and practically. In this post, I'll walk you through:…...

7+ min ago  (488+ words) Let's be honest: searching for a job is a full-time job in itself. " Most of us rely on messy spreadsheets, generic Trello boards, or just "hoping for the best" to track applications. I wanted something better. I wanted a tool…...