2026-10-22 Discoveries

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Patch the Planet: global response coordination as agents uncover vulnerabilities

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See Inside Cells Like Never Before in These Vivid Microscopic Images

Winning entries in the 2026 Nikon Small World competitions reveal the hidden interactions that govern everyday life. The post See Inside Cells Like Never Before in These Vivid Microscopic Images first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Every Type of Current Sensor Explained

Measuring electric currents is an essential element of many electrical systems, but doing so in a way that is as nonintrusive as possible is not an easy problem to solve. …

Recreating the lost studios of women sculptors with Prune Nourry

Google partnered with experts to recreate the workspaces of 19th-century sculptors, bringing their legacies back into focus.

In 1897, London’s Lampposts Dispensed Hot Coffee, Tea, and “Fluid Beef”

Any reader of Victorian literature will wonder how much a ha’penny was actually worth in those days. For a little more than a year at the very end of that period, it could buy you a cup of coffee, cocoa, milk, tea, or “fluid beef” — which would pour out of a lamppost on the

The Surprising Origins of Native Hawaiians

Hawaii is one of the most isolated islands on Earth, surrounded by vast oceans for thousands of miles on every side. And yet humans have been living there for nearly a millennia. They’re part of the Polynesian diaspora. This culture of ultravoyagers embarked on their own age of exploration while…

Sega Genesis Controllers on the Philips CD-i

The Philips CD-i was not popular upon its launch in 1991, and is barely acknowledged today. In the opinion of [MattKC], it had a particularly poor selection of controllers, too, …

Dozens of Sculptures Dot Bondi Beach in the 2026 Sculpture by the Sea Exhibition

The iconic Sydney beach hosts "the world’s largest free to the public sculpture exhibition." Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Dozens of Sculptures Dot Bondi Beach in the…

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New bidding and budgeting tools can transform your upcoming holiday ad strategy.

Get actionable insights on bidding and budgeting tools in the latest episode of Google's "Ads Decoded" podcast.

Sears Sold 75,000 DIY Mail Order Homes Between 1908 and 1939, and Transformed American…

Two of the books that most shaped American culture both happened to bear the nickname “The Big Book.” While the second of these, the A.A. Manual, published in 1939, changed the country with 12-Step recovery groups, the first of these, the Sears Catalog, transformed America with mass consumption…

How Crocodiles Survived the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs

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Knitting Yarn and Filament with FilaLoom

We don’t generally think of 3D printing and knitting in the same sentence. One uses threads and fine motor control, while the other requires great knowledge of pressing buttons and …

Drive with “The Cat in the Hat” on Waze.

Ready to turn your daily commute into a high-octane joyride? Waze is bringing the connoisseur of happy chaos to your passenger seat for the arrival of The Cat in the Hat…

A New Wildlife Crossing in Colorado Has Already Cut Vehicle Collisions by 91 Percent

CDOT completed the wildlife-only bridge, the largest of its kind currently in North America, in December 2025. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article A New Wildlife Crossing…

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Eight Bits of Trust: eMudhra's CA keys cracked in milliseconds

One of eMudhra's certificate authority private keys is the number 4. Not a number that starts with 4, or the number 4 followed by a few hundred random digits, just, 4... Another one is 56, and another is 115. I know, because I recovered…

Compromised LiteLLM 1.107.0 on PyPI Installs a Credential Stealer and Backdoor

LiteLLM 1.107.0 on PyPI ships a .pth credential stealer and a sitecustomize.py backdoor that run on every Python start. How the implant got in, what it steals, and indicators of compromise.

Today's PHP security release, and how we're strengthening security

Describing the story behind how critical security vulnerabilities were found and fixed.

EA is shutting down BioWare

The company is also laying off around 400 staffers.

Meta ordered to pay $25B penalty in New Mexico Cambridge Analytica case

Meta to pay $25 billion in penalties related to Cambridge Analytica scandal in New Mexico.

To See the World Through a Kaleidoscope of Butterflies

This writer was transformed by her “foolish” quest to chase butterflies in Denmark

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