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Category: futurism – Page 4
A Wild Parasite Makes Ants Live 10x Longer And Tricks Others Into Worshipping Them
Imagine a parasite that makes you live up to 10 times longer than you naturally would – while also inspiring others to treat you like royalty.
It sure seems like a pretty good deal, but of course there’s a catch.
The parasite just wants to keep you lazy so you’ll be easy pickings for a giant predator – the bowels of which are the parasite’s preferred breeding ground.
This is one of the biggest stars in the Universe. Scientists say it looks like it’s about to explode
Star WOH G64 could be about to explode, and its extreme transition offers a rare opportunity to witness stellar transformations in real time.
Pregnancy complications linked to long-term risk of peripheral artery disease
Women who experience pregnancy complications such as gestational diabetes, preeclampsia or preterm delivery have a significantly increased long-term risk of developing peripheral artery disease (PAD) later in life, according to a new study published in PLOS Medicine by Casey Crump of the University of Texas, U.S., and colleagues.
PAD, a condition in which narrowed arteries reduce blood flow to the limbs, affects more than 230 million people worldwide and is a strong predictor of future stroke, ischemic heart disease and premature mortality. Adverse pregnancy outcomes have been identified as risk factors for other cardiovascular diseases, but their association with long-term PAD risk had not been well established.
More connections can deepen polarization when social ties remain weak
Social networks, intended to bring people together, can actually increase polarization, new research finds, because while the links in the network may be plentiful, they’re probably weak. A research team including Cornell sociologist Michael Macy has found that while the growing number of international contacts enabled by modern communications technologies may indeed contribute to greater polarization, as shown in previous studies, the underlying mechanism does not necessarily depend on an increase in close friendships. Instead, weaker social ties appear to play a more significant role, as they are more likely to foster hierarchical structures shaped by social status.
“The most important argument in our paper is the polarizing effect of ‘status-driven dynamics’ involving weak ties,” said Macy, with “status” referring to whether an individual holds another in high or low esteem. “The importance lies in the distinction between structural and ideological polarization.”
Adobe Acrobat Extension Flaw Let Malicious Sites Read WhatsApp Web Data
Adobe patched CVE-2026–48294 after malicious pages could abuse its Acrobat Chrome extension to expose rendered WhatsApp Web chat data.
Microsoft shares manual fix for WSUS sync delays and timeouts
Microsoft has shared manual mitigations to help IT administrators fix Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) servers affected by a known issue that causes Windows Update scans to fail or time out.
This known WSUS sync issue affects both client (Windows 10, version 1,607 and later) and server (Windows Server 2012 and later) platforms.
On impacted WSUS servers, admins are not able to deploy the latest Windows updates via WSUS or Configuration Manager due to increased synchronization times or sync operation timeouts caused by a buildup of publishing metadata.