Sexless seeds: how self-cloning crops could soon transform our food Summary A trial of Hy-Gain sorghum in eastern Australia will test plants engineered to produce clonal, “sexless” seeds by exploiting…
Include climate impacts when protecting infrastructure Summary A short Correspondence in Nature warns that infrastructure damage can cause large greenhouse-gas releases with long-term climate consequences. The authors use the September…
China’s chikungunya virus outbreak is a wake up call Summary The correspondence reports a rapid chikungunya (CHIKV) outbreak in China, with more than 7,000 cases recorded in Guangdong province since…
AI-agent ethics should consider sentient non-human animals Summary In a brief correspondence, Borbala Foris and Jean-Loup Rault argue that mainstream discussions of AI-agent ethics and alignment have so far neglected…
Liquid-crystal specs refocus with the push of a button Summary Researchers have demonstrated glasses that can electronically switch focusing power, offering a modern alternative to Benjamin Franklin’s bifocals. The device…
WhatsApp, Apple warn of highly targeted attacks with zero-day vulnerability Summary WhatsApp has patched a zero-day (CVE-2025-55177) that it says could let an unrelated user trigger processing of content from…
Pennsylvania AG says recovery continues after office refused to pay ransomware gang Summary Three weeks after the incident was discovered on 11 August, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said the…
Disney agrees to $10 million settlement for collecting data from children Summary The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says Disney will pay $10 million to settle allegations it collected personal data…
Nick Andersen appointed to CISA leadership role Summary The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced that Nicholas (Nick) Andersen has taken on the role of executive assistant director for…
Amazon shuts down watering hole attack attributed to Russia’s APT29 hacking group Summary Amazon’s threat intelligence team discovered and disrupted a watering hole campaign in August that it attributes to…
