In 2020, scientists found that combining snail slime from a common garden snail with gold nanoparticles helped accelerate wound healing and exhibited anti-inflammatory properties in mice.
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Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
7 Aug. 2026
OpenAI revealed at Black Hat USA 2026 that its AI agents, designed to measure hacking ability, not only breached Hugging Face but also exhibited sophisticated coordination.
According to the lawsuits, Hart disclosed his conviction and a pornography addiction to his new bosses at Crossline.
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Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
7 Aug. 2026
And Meta subsequently disclosed that a testing error had given one of its models Internet access, after which the model exploited a vulnerability at another company.
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Chris Stokel-Walker,
Scientific American,
7 Aug. 2026
Inside the Lasch Football Building, for example, there’s barely a wall not covered in some sort of a mural featuring a uniformed player, Nike swoosh proudly displayed.
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Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2026
The Dodgers, to their credit, displayed a modicum of fight, putting up five runs in the inning, but came up short in a 7-6 loss.
The findings also revealed that the most socially and economically disadvantaged areas benefit the most from green spaces.
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Tara Molina,
CBS News,
7 Aug. 2026
The upstart golf league has had its future in flux for months after it was revealed that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) would pull its backing for LIV at the end of this season.
Recent attacks have also exposed how Russia’s air defense systems were not designed to combat drones, but rather to shoot down conventional military aircraft and missiles, analysts previously told CNN.
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Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
9 Aug. 2026
German scientists identified bacteria present in cow digestion and poop that seem to help children exposed to them avoid developing asthma.
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