What is DNS? A computer engineer explains this foundational piece of the web – and why it’s the internet’s Achilles’ heel

(THE CONVERSATION) When millions of people suddenly couldn’t load familiar websites and apps during the Amazon Web Services, or AWS, outage on Oct. 20, 2025, the affected servers weren’t actually down ...

'Split-brain' study finds just a few fibers enable communication between the two hemispheres

Just a few fibers are enough for the two hemispheres of the brain to communicate with each other. This was shown by a new international study led by Professor Dr. Michael Miller (University of ...
Psychology Today

Communicating Credibility

When we believe we are credible in a specific situation or relationship, it's frustrating to find that others do not think we ...
Interesting Engineering

How the world's first phone call paved way for satellite networks of future

The story of the first phone call and how it sparked the technologies that connect billions of people every day.
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Obesity epidemic 'astounding' under new definition of condition, Mass General Brigham researchers say

COULD ACTUALLY BE MUCH MORE ACCURATE. A MARY SALADNA IS IN THE NEWSROOM AND MARY THE RESULTS AREN’T GOOD. NO, THEY’RE NOT, BUT THE RESULTS ARE MORE REALISTIC AND MORE PROOF THAT BODY COMPOSITION ...
Medical Xpress

Nearly 70% of US adults meet new definition of obesity, study finds

The prevalence of obesity in the United States could rise sharply under a definition of obesity released earlier this year by the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology Commission. Additionally, the ...
Reuters

Anduril and Palantir battlefield communication system 'very high risk,' US Army memo says

WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The much-needed modernization of the U.S. Army's battlefield communications network being undertaken by Anduril, Palantir (PLTR.O), opens new tab and others is rife with ...
Yahoo

Anduril and Palantir battlefield communication system has deep flaws, Army memo says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The much-needed modernization of the U.S. Army's battlefield communications network being undertaken by Anduril, Palantir and others is rife with "fundamental security" problems ...
University of California

AI-powered irrigation system offers opportunities for communications as well as farming

An almond orchard in Parlier provides a look into the future of farming. Researchers at UC Merced and the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources installed an irrigation system ...
Chicago Tribune

What to know about Brendan Carr, the head of the Federal Communications Commission

WASHINGTON — ABC took comic Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show off the air indefinitely Wednesday, just hours after Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr called his comments about ...
The Gazette

Fort Carson starts testing new Army-wide communications system

When two M777 howitzers fired at Fort Carson Wednesday the blasts were identical, but the computer systems behind the explosions were decades apart in sophistication. One from 1995, still used across ...