Mother Nature’s mindboggling nano-engineering that helps reptiles and insects stick to surfaces
The setae are bendy and ultra-flexible, allowing them to follow and stick to the contours of the surface they are on — no ...
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Endless diarrhea and exhaustion: the stomach bug making the rounds among the most vulnerable in Canada
What's worse, the stomach bug is getting harder to treat. For most of the cases in Toronto and Vancouver, no oral antibiotic therapies work. More severe cases require IV antibiotic treatment ...
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"Supergiant" sea bug named after Darth Vader found in South China Sea
Researchers studying crustaceans in Vietnam have identified a new "supergiant" sea bug species that bears a surprising resemblance to a classic movie villain. Deep-sea sea bugs, or the Bathynomus ...
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Stomach bug cases surge in Arlington as experts warn of norovirus
A notoriously contagious stomach bug’s spread through Arlington has public health experts urging extra precautions. An alert about a wave of suspected norovirus cases went out to Arlington ...
Bleeping Computer25d
7-Zip fixes bug that bypasses Windows MoTW security warnings, patch now
A high-severity vulnerability in the 7-Zip file archiver allows attackers to bypass the Mark of the Web (MotW) Windows security feature and execute code on users' computers when extracting ...
ExtremeTech25d
Microsoft Fixes Critical Startup Bug in Windows Server 2022
The bug caused startup failures on servers with two or more NUMA nodes and was addressed through the release of update KB5052819. The company explained in the KB5052819 support document that "Some ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine25d
Bites and Stings: Insects
No matter how careful you are about animals in your home, or how much care you take when you are outdoors, animal and insect bites and stings are sometimes unavoidable. Fleas, mites, and chiggers ...
The Straits Times26d
‘Darth Vader’ of the sea: Giant sea bug found off Vietnam coast
Researchers named the supergiant sea bug B. vaderi because of the striking resemblance its head bears to the helmet worn by Star Wars antagonist Darth Vader. B. vaderi is an isopod, a type of ...
Bleeping Computer26d
Microsoft fixes Windows Server 2022 bug breaking device boot
Microsoft has fixed a bug that was causing some Windows Server 2022 systems with two or more NUMA nodes to fail to start up. NUMA (short for non-uniform memory access) is a computer memory ...
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10 Beneficial Insects Every Gardener Should Know
While many gardeners resort to chemical treatments to fend off unwanted bugs, there’s a more environmentally friendly way to protect your plants: beneficial insects. These natural allies help control ...
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Giant ‘Darth Vader’ sea bug discovered off the coast of Vietnam
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