Microsoft has confirmed the existence of a zero-day code-execution exploit for Internet Explorer 8 that's currently being used in a series of watering-hole attacks. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article]
LONDON (AP) - British researchers have proposed a new theory for the origins of Stonehenge: It may have started as a giant burial ground for elite families around 3,000 B.C. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hackers targeted dozens of computer systems at government agencies across Europe in a series of attacks that exploited a recently discovered security flaw in Adobe Systems Inc's software, security researchers reported o... [Full Article]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Researchers at Symantec Corp have uncovered a version of the Stuxnet computer virus that was used to attack Iran's nuclear program in November 2007, two years earlier than previously thought. Planning for the cyber weap... [Full Article]
LEICESTER (Reuters) - British researchers said on Monday that a skeleton with a cleaved skull and a curved spine entombed under a car park was that of Richard III, solving a 500-year-old mystery about the final resting place of the last English king ... [Full Article]
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind numerical scale to measure wildfire risks to property and communities in the wake of a fire season ranked the third most extensive since 1960, government officials said on ... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Researchers have named a newly discovered, pre-historic lizard ‘Obamadon gracilis' in honor of the 44th president's toothy grin. The small, insect-eating lizard was first discovered in eastern Montana in 1974, but a recent re-... [Full Article]
The engineering minds at MIT have concocted a new invention that will bring warm feelings to lonely Internet nerds. The Atlantic has discovered a new computerized jacket called Like-a-Hug developed by researchers at MIT and designed to replicate a hu... [Full Article]
The sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has melted to its smallest ever level in the latest dramatic sign of the long-term impact of global warming, US researchers said Monday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Young people in India, the engine of its rapidly expanding economy, are committing suicide at a much higher rate than in the West, researchers said Friday, calling for urgent intervention. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]