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SyndicatedGabriel Marmentini, Policy Leader Fellow at the Florence School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute3 Nov 20269 min read

How North Korea became a world leader in state-sponsored hacking

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, was the victim of a massive heist in late October. Approximately US$6.36 billion (£4.74 billion) of funds were stolen within the space of 20 minutes in an attack that has been described…

SyndicatedJinkyung Baek, PhD Candidate in Politics Research, King's College London3 Nov 20264 min read

Traces of dinosaur blood found in world-first discovery

A 115-million-year-old fossil dinosaur bone encased in a dense mat of microbes found in Brazil contains tiny structures resembling red blood cells, and molecular traces of blood.

SyndicatedKliti Grice, Founding Director of WA-Organic & Isotope Geochemistry Centre, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University2 Nov 20265 min read

The US$6.3 billion Binance hack is the biggest heist ever – it should be a wake up call for cryptocurrency users

The cyberattack on crypto-asset exchange Binance is potentially the largest theft of its kind on record. Binance has estimated the assets stolen at an eye-watering US$6.3 billion (£4.7 billion).

SyndicatedIwa Salami, Professor of Law, University of East London2 Nov 20265 min read

I’ve been talking to MAGA supporters for years, and here’s why some are sticking with Trump — and others are not

President Donald Trump’s approval ratings are cratering. Even his Make America Great Again, or MAGA, diehards have reservations.

SyndicatedAlex Hinton, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University - Newark28 Oct 20266 min read

Medieval ghost stories featured rotten flesh, the walking dead and spoon-stealing spirits

Stories of wandering spirits and the restless dead were common in the Middle Ages. These ghostly encounters were recorded in a wide variety of medieval literature.

SyndicatedAlex Brown, Associate Professor of Medieval History, Durham University28 Oct 20264 min read

Quick LLC Launches The Pedro, a DNS-Verified Security Intelligence Platform for Brand Owners

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NASA’s Swift telescope has burned up, months after a robot sent to save it failed – here’s why it’s so hard to boost a satellite

SyndicatedWanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, Ph.D. Candidate in Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida4 Nov 20264 min read

The US$6.3 billion Binance hack is the biggest heist ever – it should be a wake up call for cryptocurrency users

SyndicatedIwa Salami, Professor of Law, University of East London2 Nov 20265 min read

‘Terror of kings’: why the 1066 appearance of Halley’s comet terrified the medieval world

SyndicatedGiles Gasper, Professor in High Medieval History, Durham University20 Oct 20265 min read

The ‘WarGames’ problem: Computer science has long understood what it takes to keep AI under control

SyndicatedDeven Desai, Professor of Business Law and Ethics; Associate Director for Law, Policy, and Ethics at the Machine Learning Center, Georgia Institute of Technology30 Sept 20265 min read

Can democracy be taught? Brazil is about to find out

SyndicatedGabriel Marmentini, Policy Leader Fellow at the Florence School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute3 Nov 20269 min read

Serbia’s leaderless student movement has won a historic election – but what happens next?

SyndicatedEric Gordy, Professor of Political and Cultural Sociology, UCL27 Oct 20265 min read

Climate change is undermining our health and the burden falls heaviest on women

SyndicatedVeronica Le Nevez, Co-Director, Impact and Engagement, The George Institute for Global Health, George Institute for Global Health4 Nov 20264 min read