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Feb 3
2026

Massive Quantum Leap: New Tech Could Enable 100,000-Qubit Computers

They combined optical tweezers with metasurfaces to trap more than 1,000 atoms, with the potential to capture hundreds of thousands more. Quantum computers will only surpass classical machines if they can operate with far more quantum bits, known as qubits. Today’s most advanced systems contain r

Feb 3
2026

The Brain May Be Wired for Drinking Before the First Sip

Alcohol exposure before birth may quietly set the brain on a path toward risky drinking decades later.

Feb 3
2026

Nitrate in Drinking Water May Raise Dementia Risk, Study Warns

A large, decades-long population study suggests that the relationship between diet and dementia may hinge on subtle chemical differences in everyday foods and water.

Feb 3
2026

Sleep Deprivation Triggers a Strange Brain Cleanup

When you don’t sleep enough, your brain may clean itself at the exact moment you need it to think.

Feb 3
2026

New Research Reveals Humans Have a Remote Touch “Seventh Sense”

A new study suggests humans can sense hidden objects without touching them, by detecting faint movements in sand. This unexpected form of “remote touch” challenges traditional ideas about how the sense of touch works.

Feb 3
2026

The neural path from genes to intelligence looks different depending on your age

A study using EEG technology suggests the neural pathways linking genes to intelligence are not static. While young adults rely on executive networks, older adults appear to depend more on sensory processing regions.

Feb 3
2026

Social anxiety has a “dark side” that looks nothing like shyness

Scientists have identified three distinct profiles of social anxiety in adolescents. One surprising group manifests fear of rejection through aggression and grandiosity rather than avoidance, highlighting the complexity of teen mental health.

Feb 3
2026

Hippocampus Predicts Rewards by Reorganizing Memories

A new study finds the hippocampus reorganizes memories to predict rewards. This discovery explains how the brain learns and why Alzheimer’s affects decision-making.

Feb 3
2026

Researchers Find 341 Malicious ClawHub Skills Stealing Data from OpenClaw Users

A security audit of 2,857 skills on ClawHub has found 341 malicious skills across multiple campaigns, according to new findings from Koi Security, exposing users to new supply chain risks.

ClawHub is a marketplace designed to make it easy for OpenClaw users to find and install third-party skills. It’s an extension to the OpenClaw project, a self-hosted artificial intelligence (AI) assistant formerly known as both Clawdbot and Moltbot.

The analysis, which Koi conducted with the help of an OpenClaw bot named Alex, found that 335 skills use fake pre-requisites to install an Apple macOS stealer named Atomic Stealer (AMOS). This activity set has been codenamed ClawHavoc.

Feb 3
2026

OpenClaw Bug Enables One-Click Remote Code Execution via Malicious Link

A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in OpenClaw (formerly referred to as Clawdbot and Moltbot) that could allow remote code execution (RCE) through a crafted malicious link.

The issue, which is tracked as CVE-2026–25253 (CVSS score: 8.8), has been addressed in version 2026.1.29 released on January 30, 2026. It has been described as a token exfiltration vulnerability that leads to full gateway compromise.

“The Control UI trusts gatewayUrl from the query string without validation and auto-connects on load, sending the stored gateway token in the WebSocket connect payload,” OpenClaw’s creator and maintainer Peter Steinberger said in an advisory.