Hackers use billboards to trick self-driving cars into slamming on the brakes

Car Wars

Israeli security researchers have figured out how to trick self-driving cars into slamming on the brakes by flicking an image of a stop sign on a billboard.

Hackers Use Billboards to Trick Self-Driving Cars Into Slamming on the Brakes

"The attacker... injects a few frames into a digital billboard, and the car will apply the brakes or possibly swerve, and that's dangerous."

Investigations into the phenomenon are still early, but what researchers are finding is ominous.

Doctors say many COVID survivors have memory loss, brain fog

Long Shadow

There's a growing body of evidence, the New York Times reports, that COVID adversely affects the memory and concentration of some patients.

Doctors Say Many COVID Survivors Have Memory Loss, Brain Fog

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<p><strong>READ MORE: </strong><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/11/health/covid-survivors.html?smid=tw-share">‘I Feel Like I Have Dementia’: Brain Fog Plagues Covid Survivors</a> [<em>The New York Times</em>]</p>
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<p><strong>More on COVID: </strong><a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/trump-exposed-people-covid"><em>Trump Exposed Countless People to COVID-19 After Learning He Might Have It</em></a></p>


Neuroscience/Brain Science

"I feel like I have dementia."

Death by spaghettification: artistic animation of star being sucked in by a black hole

Watch a black hole suck down an entire star like a spaghetti noodle

Pasta Mortem

A star about 215 million light-years from Earth got too close to a black hole, and got devoured in a process that scientists call "spaghettification."

Watch a Black Hole Suck Down an Entire Star Like a Spaghetti Noodle

"The idea of a black hole 'sucking in' a nearby star sounds like science fiction. But this is exactly what happens in a tidal disruption event."

This may be the first lab-grown meat to actually hit the market

Surf & Turf

According to a new feature in the LA Times, a startup called Shiok Meats may be poised to be the first company in the world to sell a lab-grown meat.

This May Be the First Lab-Grown Meat to Actually Hit the Market

"It will likely be a restaurant in Singapore that serves this up to consumers for the first time in history."

Researchers: Some black holes may contain a "fractal universe"

Fractal Universe

Astrophysicist Paul Sutter explores the implications of new research about a hypothetical type of black hole that would contain a "fractal universe."

Researchers: Some Black Holes May Contain a “Fractal Universe”

"It would be a mini fractal universe, repeating endlessly from large scales to small."

President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with COVID

Trumpe-l'œil

In a dramatic twist, US President Donald Trump admitted early this morning that he had tested positive for the coronavirus that causes COVID.

President Donald Trump Has Been Diagnosed with COVID

<p><strong>READ MORE: </strong><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/politics/trump-covid.html">Trump Tests Positive for the Coronavirus</a> [<em>The New York Times</em>]</p>


<p><strong>More on the coronavirus: </strong><a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/trump-reportedly-ignored-numerous-intel-warnings-covid"><em>Trump Reportedly Ignored Numerous Intel Warnings About COVID</em></a></p>


Developments

For months, Trump played down the virus's risks. Now he's infected.

Scientists discover organisms that eat viruses

Nom :3

Scientists just announced the discovery of two organisms that eats viruses — the first credible finding of that type of creature.

Scientists Discover Organisms That Eat Viruses

<p><strong>READ MORE: </strong><a href="https://blog.frontiersin.org/2020/09/24/choanozoan-and-picozoan-marine-protists-are-probably-virus-eaters-study/">Choanozoan and picozoan marine protists are probably virus eaters – study</a> [<em>Frontiers</em>]</p>


<p><strong>More on viruses: </strong><a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/fight-deadly-tumors-gene-hacked-virus"><em>Doctors Fight Deadly Tumors Using Gene-Hacked Virus</em></a></p>


Genetics

Take that, viruses!

What a hacked coffee machine looks like.

Watch a hacked "smart coffeemaker" spew steaming water

Coffee Fix

A hacker forced a smart coffeemaker to turn on its heating element and spit steaming water onto it while showing a ransomware message.

Watch a Hacked “Smart Coffeemaker” Spew Steaming Water

How much harm could a hacked coffeemaker do?

"We show that the existence of life on the earth may be a reason that this black hole like object is a black brane that has been formed from biological materials like DNA."

Strange research paper claims there's a black hole at the center of the Earth

Macedonian Teens

An outrageously strange paper claims, among other things, that there's a black hole at the center of the Earth. Sometthing's fishy.

Strange Research Paper Claims There’s a Black Hole at the Center of the Earth

Don't worry — there's a perfectly reasonable explanation.

It's be a "considerable exposure" for astronauts.

Bad news: The Moon is surprisingly radioactive

Kxxxxxx

For the first time, scientists say they've ascertained how radioactive the Moon is — a finding that could have implications for the future of space travel.

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