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…
Shooting stars from the annual Perseids meteor shower have been lighting up night skies across the UK and around the world over the past few nights. The bright meteors are formed when dust particles fall from the Swift-Tuttle comet and burn up on entering the Earth’s atmosphere. Astronomers at Astro Dog, a small Scarborough-based astronomy…
There has been a significant increase in the number of UK cases of a mosquito-borne virus that can cause sudden fever and joint pain and is normally only found in Africa and southern Asia. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) says more than 70 cases of the chikungunya virus were reported in the first six…
OpenAI is trying to make its chatbot less annoying with the release of GPT-5. And I’m not talking about adjustments to its synthetic personality that many users have complained about. Before GPT-5, if the AI tool determined it couldn’t answer your prompt because the request violated OpenAI’s content guidelines, it would hit you with a…
Getty Images A firefighter tackling a fire in east London on Tuesday Cities across the UK are facing a growing threat from an emerging phenomenon called “firewaves” as temperatures rise due to climate change, scientists have warned. The term, coined by researchers at Imperial College London, describes multiple urban wildfires triggered by extended periods of…
Organizations are increasingly excited about the potential of AI agents, but many find themselves stuck in what we call “proof of concept purgatory”—where promising agent prototypes struggle to make the leap to production deployment. In our conversations with customers, we’ve heard consistent challenges that block the path from experimentation to enterprise-grade deployment: “Our developers want…
Philippa Roxby Health Reporter Getty Images Drug treatment can help people newly diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) to reduce their risk of substance misuse, suicidal behaviour, transport accidents and criminality, a study suggests. These issues are linked to common ADHD symptoms such as acting impulsively and becoming easily distracted. Some 5% of children…
