The Critical Failure in Vulnerability Management Summary This DarkReading commentary by Amar Ramakrishnan argues that vulnerability management (VM) is underperforming because the industry scaled the wrong way, the cloud shift…
Rainer Weiss obituary: Nobel laureate who pioneered the technique that detected gravitational waves Summary Rainer “Rai” Weiss (1932–2025) was the German–American physicist whose 1972 proposal and technical roadmap for laser…
Can a bold ‘social contract’ make data sharing more palatable? Summary This comment from African bioethics and data-science researchers examines why biomedical data collected across Africa is often not shared…
Summary Nature Briefing (05 September 2025) by Flora Graham highlights a short collection of stories, headlined by a materials advance: chemists have synthesised a MXene that contains nine different metals…
Research misconduct: how the scientific community is fighting back Summary The Nature Podcast episode “Self Correction” (episode 2) examines research misconduct: why it occurs, how rare but damaging cases can…
‘Amazing feat’: US man still alive six months after pig kidney transplant Summary A 67-year-old US man, Tim Andrews, remains alive more than six months after receiving a kidney from…
Nepal social media ban sparks protests, dozens injured Summary At least 14 people were reported killed and dozens injured after police clashed with thousands of mostly young protesters in Kathmandu.…
The surprising ways bridges resist collapse Summary Researchers tested a scale model of a steel truss bridge to destruction and found six unexpected mechanisms that let these structures resist total…
Microsoft, Linode, warn of cloud latency spikes due to Middle East submarine cable problems Summary Microsoft has warned Azure customers of increased latency after undersea fibre cuts affecting routes through…
Anthropic to pay at least $1.5 billion to authors whose work it knowingly pirated Summary AI firm Anthropic has agreed a proposed settlement to create a $1.5 billion compensation fund…
