The former diplomat Baroness Valerie Amos has been chosen to lead a rapid review of maternity care in England. In a letter to families who have been failed by poor maternity care, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said she “brings a wealth of experience through her senior leadership roles in national and international organisations”. The other…
Heat waves and cold spells are part of life on the Great Lakes. But new research from the University of Michigan shows that is true today in a fundamentally different way than it was even 30 years ago. “The appearance of these extreme temperatures is increasing,” said Hazem Abdelhady, a postdoctoral research fellow in the…
When something goes wrong with an AI assistant, our instinct is to ask it directly: “What happened?” or “Why did you do that?” It’s a natural impulse—after all, if a human makes a mistake, we ask them to explain. But with AI models, this approach rarely works, and the urge to ask reveals a fundamental…
Ever since artist James Sanborn unveiled Kryptos, an outdoor sculpture that sits at CIA headquarters, amateur and professional cryptanalysts have been feverishly attempting to crack the code hidden in its nearly 1800-character message. While they have decoded 3 of the 4 panels of ciphertext in the S-shaped copper artwork, the final panel, known as K4,…
When Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) classes fail, it can disrupt critical security operations by causing vulnerability scans to miss important data and compliance reports to lack accuracy. These issues may lead to gaps in visibility, making it harder for security teams to maintain a comprehensive understanding of their environment. By addressing WMI class failures proactively,…
Kris Holland BBC News, East of England Getty Images Women across the East of England are now able to self-refer to their local maternity services Thousands of expectant mothers in the East of England have taken up a new NHS service and more are being encouraged to take part. Women across Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire…
A new UC Berkeley study shows that the so-called love hormone, oxytocin, is also critical for the formation of friendships. Oxytocin is released in the brain during sex, childbirth, breastfeeding and social interactions and contributes to feelings of attachment, closeness and trust. Never mind that it’s also associated with aggression; the hormone is commonly referred…
ISC Stormcast For Thursday, August 14th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9570, (Thu, Aug 14th) Source link
[This is a Guest Diary by Joseph Noa, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu BACS program] Introduction Time is of the essence when it comes to attacks and understanding what you’re seeing can be tricky when under pressure. As security professionals, we need to use every tool available to us so we can…
A public-private partnership between Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory has led to a new artificial intelligence (AI) approach that is faster at finding what’s known as “magnetic shadows” in a fusion vessel: safe havens protected from the intense heat of…
