Hearts endured a predictably bruising evening in Lisbon as their hopes of progressing to the Europa League were all but ended by a 6-1 thrashing at the hands of Benfica.
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Liverpool could rival Arsenal for the signing of Aston Villa defender Ezri Konsa as Andoni Iraola desperately seeks a solution to his injury crisis - Daily Mirror
The artificial intelligence giant has responded to online backlash to a luxury brand trip it recently hosted for social media creators and tech-forward influencers, which the company called “Summer Camp.” The boondoggle, funded by OpenAI, took place at Wildflower Farms in New York’s Hudson Valley, a luxury escape owned and operated as an Auberge Collection property.
Vijay Parashar and Mona Batish, associate professors of medical and molecular sciences, discovered a critical molecular switch that helps bacteria survive antibiotic exposure. Credit: Evan Krape
If you ask Vijay Parashar, associate professor of medical and molecular sciences (MMSC) at the University of Delaware College of Health Sciences, human bodies are bags of bacteria. "It sounds gross, but not all bacteria are bad; most of them are good. The trouble starts when the bad bacteria learn how to outsmart antibiotics."
WordPress security update fixes 12 vulnerabilities. Security researcher says: "nastiest one is a login screen XSS."
WordPress announced a security release 7.0.3 to fix twelve vulnerabilities, three of which appear to be fairly serious, with one vulnerability rated 8.9/10 High.
Lanmaoa asiatica is a popular edible mushroom species sold in Yunnan that induces Lilliputian hallucinations when undercooked. Locals call it Jian shou quing, which translates to “turns blue in the hand” to reference its rapidly changing colors when touched. Credit: Colin Domanauer/NHMU
People in communities thousands of miles apart have described the same strange experience after eating a mysterious mushroom: vivid visions of tiny humans moving through and interacting with the physical world around them. Known as Lilliputian hallucinations—a reference to the 6-inch-tall inhabitants of "Gulliver's Travels"—the phenomenon has long been thought to stem from cultural influences rather than biology.
Density of stars in the Milky Way targeted by the Milky Way Mapper (MWM) program in SDSS-V. Credit: SDSS-V, Ilija Medan, University of Toronto
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey V (SDSS-V) has announced its 20th public data release (DR20), delivering a dramatic expansion of the Milky Way Mapper (MWM) scientific survey—the most detailed spectroscopic map yet assembled of stars in and around our home galaxy.
Legendary Googler Jeff Dean is starting a new company.
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Legendary Googler Jeff Dean is starting his own AI company.
On Wednesday, Dean, Google's chief scientist, announced that he and three other colleagues were leaving to start Discovery Loop, an AI startup focused on AI applications in science and engineering.