An 1975 electron microscope image reveals several spherical Epstein-Barr virus particles. Fred Murphy/CDC This article was originally featured on Undark. Ryan Grant was in his 20s and serving in the military when he learned that the numbness and tingling in his hands and feet, as well as his unshakeable fatigue, were symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Like…
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Abdulhamid Hosbas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The FTC is ‘likely’ to file a lawsuit to block Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard. The suit would signify a major step by FTC chair Lina Khan to reign in big tech companies. The deal remains intact and the companies still have until July 2023 to close…
You now have your chance to explore most of Charles Darwin’s personal writing. The University of Cambridge has published all of the evolutionary scientist’s surviving correspondence online, including 400 letters that have either surfaced or are newly “reinterpreted.” The searchable collection now covers over 15,000 letters written between 1822 and 1882, ranging from his influential…
The iRobot Roomba i3 Plus EVO is on sale for just $349 right now. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Cleaning is probably one of the most tedious tasks for many people, which is why the right robot vacuum can make for a fantastic gift (and cat Uber, of course). And while…
Sony’s WF-1000XM4 are still on sale for $178 instead of $279.99, which is an all-time low. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Whether you’re on the hunt for an excellent pair of noise-canceling earbuds to tune out fellow passengers while traveling or simply a good gift, you can’t go wrong with Sony’s WF-1000XM4…
Over a thousand container images hosted on the popular database repository Docker Hub are malicious, putting users at risk of cyberattack, experts have warned. According to a report from Sysdig, the images contained nefarious assets such as cryptominers, backdoors, and DNS hijackers. Container images are essentially templates for creating applications quickly and easily, without having…
A pharmacist prepares the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Jessica Hill/AP Photo The COVID-19 pandemic has infected nearly millions of people, and scientists raced to develop a vaccine at record speed. But vaccines often take years, and sometimes even decades, to develop, test, and approve for public use. Here’s how long it took to develop vaccines for infectious…