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The World’s Longest-Running Lab Experiment Is Almost 100 Years Old

Sometimes science can be painfully slow. Data comes in dribs and drabs, truth trickles, and veracity proves viscous.

The world’s longest-running lab experiment is an ongoing work in sheer scientific patience. It has been running continuously for nearly a century, under the close supervision of several custodians and many spectators – and it’s ever so slowly drip, drip, dripping away.

It all started in 1927, when physicist Thomas Parnell at the University of Queensland in Australia filled a closed funnel with the world’s thickest known fluid: pitch, a derivative of tar that was once used to seal ships against the seas.

Polar Storms on Jupiter And Saturn Reveal Deep Atmospheric Differences

The two largest planets in the Solar System – Jupiter and Saturn – have a lot in common. They’re made of very similar stuff, they spin at similar speeds, and radiate internal heat similarly. Heck, they even both hoard moons in a similar way.

However, there’s a difference between the planets that has long puzzled scientists: the giant, vortical storms that cap their poles.

Saturn has one huge storm on each pole.

Black Basta Ransomware Leader Added to EU Most Wanted and INTERPOL Red Notice

Ukrainian and German law enforcement authorities have identified two Ukrainians suspected of working for the Russia-linked ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group Black Basta.

In addition, the group’s alleged leader, a 35-year-old Russian national named Oleg Evgenievich Nefedov (Нефедов Олег Евгеньевич), has been added to the European Union’s Most Wanted and INTERPOL’s Red Notice lists, authorities noted.

“According to the investigation, the suspects specialized in technical hacking of protected systems and were involved in preparing cyberattacks using ransomware,” the Cyber Police of Ukraine said in a statement.

Ingram Micro says ransomware attack affected 42,000 people

Information technology giant Ingram Micro has revealed that a ransomware attack on its systems in July 2025 led to a data breach affecting over 42,000 individuals.

Ingram Micro, one of the world’s largest business-to-business service providers and technology distributors, has over 23,500 associates, more than 161,000 customers, and reported net sales of $48 billion in 2024.

In data breach notification letters filed with Maine’s Attorney General and sent to those affected by the incident, the company said the attackers stole documents containing a wide range of personal information, including Social Security numbers.

Credential-stealing Chrome extensions target enterprise HR platforms

Malicious Chrome extensions on the Chrome Web Store masquerading as productivity and security tools for enterprise HR and ERP platforms were discovered stealing authentication credentials or blocking management pages used to respond to security incidents.

The campaign was discovered by cybersecurity firm Socket, which says it identified five Chrome extensions targeting Workday, NetSuite, and SAP SuccessFactors, collectively installed more than 2,300 times.

“The campaign deploys three distinct attack types: cookie exfiltration to remote servers, DOM manipulation to block security administration pages, and bidirectional cookie injection for direct session hijacking,” reports Socket.

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