Science News Round Up, May 30, 2025
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Author: Jon Scaccia
What Happens When Hackers Chase the Wrong Target?
TLDR; Researchers developed a smart cybersecurity strategy that uses AI (specifically reinforcement learning) to deploy fake digital traps called honeypots—some high-quality, some simple—to trick hackers during the reconnaissance stage of… Read More
Science News Round Up, May 28, 2025
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Even at a Whisper, Screams Jolt Your Sleeping Brain
TL;DR: Your brain is hardwired to recognize screams—even when you’re asleep. That scratchy, harsh quality called “roughness”? It’s like a red flag for your brain’s danger sensors. Evolution has wired… Read More
Science News Round Up, May 26, 2026
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What Happens When Two Black Holes Nearly Collide?
Two black holes speed past each other in deep space—billions of times heavier than Earth, hurtling faster than bullets. They don’t crash. They don’t merge. They just…swerve. And in that… Read More
Science News Round Up, May 21, 2025
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How to Catch a Social Media Manipulator in 27 Seconds
You scroll Facebook. Your aunt shares a political story. Then your high school friend. Then a news page you vaguely remember liking in 2014. Weird coincidence? Maybe. Or maybe you’re… Read More
Is Hate Speech a Gender Thing? Reddit’s Darkest Corners Say… Maybe Not
That might sound like the opening line of a lukewarm Twitter take, but it’s actually the central question of a groundbreaking study that dug deep into Reddit’s most extreme gendered… Read More
Science News Round Up, May 19, 2025
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