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Preface and Index.

The textbook version of the “Out of Africa” hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 million years ago was Homo erectus. But in recent years, a debate has emerged suggesting it wasn’t a single species, but several. New research published in the journal PLOS One now hopes to settle the matter once and for all.

Critical n8n flaw CVE-2025–68613 (CVSS 9.9) lets authenticated users run arbitrary code; versions 0.211.0–1.120.4 affected, patched in newer releases.

A malicious npm package posing as a WhatsApp API intercepts messages, steals credentials, and links attacker devices after 56,000 downloads.

A malicious package in the Node Package Manager (NPM) registry poses as a legitimate WhatsApp Web API library to steal WhatsApp messages, collect contacts, and gain access to the account.

This work introduces Deep-STARmap and Deep-RIBOmap, imaging-based sequencing platforms designed to profile transcriptional and translational activity in thick tissue blocks.

My ninth installment of interesting research papers that I have read over the past few weeks and would like to share with my community.

Yang et al. demonstrate that the goblet cell-expressed microprotein FXYD3 interacts with SERCA2 to regulate ER calcium homeostasis, promoting mucus granule secretion and sialylation. FXYD3 deficiency impairs mucin sialylation and mucus barrier function, increasing susceptibility to intestinal inflammation.

Thermal receipts contain BPA or BPS that transfer to skin, especially after sanitizer use. Here’s how to reduce exposure today.