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421. North Korean infiltrator caught at Amazon due to 110ms keystroke lag
A barely perceptible keystroke delay was the smoking gun that led to the uncovering of a malign imposter.
422. This "mushroom" is not a fungus, it's a plant that breaks all the rules
Balanophora is a plant that abandoned photosynthesis long ago and now lives entirely as a parasite on tree roots, hidden in dark forest undergrowth. Scientists surveying rare populations across East Asian islands uncovered how its cellular machinery shrank but didn’t disappear, revealing unexpected similarities to parasites like malaria. Some island species even reproduce without sex, cloning themselves to colonize new habitats. This strange survival strategy comes with risks, leaving the plant highly vulnerable to habitat loss.
423. Let a thousand societies bloom
424. UNC System President Peter Hans confirms all syllabuses will be public records
425. Heart and Kidney Diseases and Type 2 Diabetes May Be One Ailment
These three disorders could really be “CKM syndrome,” which can be treated with drugs like Ozempic
426. Hacker News front page now, but the titles are honest
427. Largest wildlife overpass in North America now open in Colorado
The 200-foot-wide Greenland Wildlife Overpass offers a safe crossing for a variety of animals and connects nearly 40,000 acres of habitat on both sides of I-25.
428. Administration suspends 5 wind projects off East Coast, cites security concerns
The Trump administration is suspending leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction on the East Coast due to what it said were national security risks identified by the Pentagon.
429. Zuckerberg Cut Ties with Pro-Immigration Organization He Founded
430. State of RSS Survey 2025
State Of RSS Survey 2025
431. A brief history of Sam Altman's hype
Here’s how pinning a utopian vision for AI on LLMs kicked off the hype cycle that’s causing fears of a bubble today.
432. Prototaxites
Prototaxites was the first giant organism to live on the terrestrial surface, reaching sizes of 8 metres in the Early Devonian
433. Luigi Pirandello's Broken Men
The Nobel Prize-winning writer was once seen as Italy’s great man of letters. Why was he forgotten?
434. Rust's Vision Doc: Recommendations to help Rust scale across domains and usage
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
435. An exploration of playing three generations of windows games on macOS
A three generation hack