Traeger security bugs are bad news for neighbor-friendly beef grillers

Keen hackers better hope they didn’t upset any cybersecurity folks by updating their Traeger grilles, because a new, very serious vulnerability could be used for all sorts of crazy things. With summer in full swing in the Northern Hemisphere, that means BBQ season is right around the corner. And since Traeger is one of the … Read more

How bad will hurricanes get? Scientists search for answers in the mud.

CAMPBELL LAKE, Fla. – Emily Elliott searched the water for something valuable. Elliott, a University of Alabama scientist who studies ancient hurricanes, came to this Gulf Coast lake sediment that could unlock the secrets of violent storms from the past – and provide a glimpse of future storms as Earth’s climate warms. Aboard a small … Read more

Missing black holes in the Milky Way are bad news for this dark matter theory

A blue sphere with a cone of white extending from it leading to a reversed cone of a cloud of blue and purple strands

Scientists have discovered that unusually large black holes appear to be absent from the Milky Way’s diffuse outer halo. The discovery could spell bad news for theories that suggest the most mysterious form of “stuff” in the universe, dark matter, consists of primordial black holes that formed in the first moments after the Big Bang. … Read more

There is more carbon dioxide than ever in the atmosphere. That is bad for the climate

People walk through cooling misters in Las Vegas on June 4, 2024. Tens of millions of people from California to Texas experience intense heat. New data shows that the amount of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached a new record. John Locher/AP hide caption change caption John Locher/AP The amount of planet-warming carbon … Read more

There is more carbon dioxide than ever in the atmosphere. That is bad for the climate

People walk through cooling misters in Las Vegas on June 4, 2024. Tens of millions of people from California to Texas experience intense heat. New data shows that the amount of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached a new record. John Locher/AP hide caption change caption John Locher/AP The amount of planet-warming carbon … Read more

The Google leak exposes thousands of privacy and security flaws, but it’s not as bad as it sounds

Google Logo as seen at Google Store Mountain View

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL; DR A leak has exposed six years of privacy and security issues at Google that were reported internally by employees. The reports range from an algorithm that stores license plate numbers to a Google voice service that collects voice data from an estimated thousand children. Google says the … Read more

NASA discovers an Earth-sized planet just 40 light-years away, which is ‘not a bad place’ to hunt for life

An illustration of the newly discovered Earth-sized exoplanet Gliese 12

Scientists using a NASA space telescope have discovered a tantalizing world. It’s about the size of Earth, is remarkably close to our solar system, and could be comfortable for life as we know it. The extrasolar planet, or ‘exoplanet’, called Gliese 12 b, orbits a small and cool red dwarf star located only about 40 … Read more

NASA space telescope finds Earth-sized exoplanet that’s ‘not a bad place’ to hunt for life

A red orb toward the top left of the screen and an Earth-looking world toward the bottom right.

Scientists using a NASA space telescope have discovered a tantalizing world. It’s about the size of Earth, is remarkably close to our solar system, and could be comfortable for life as we know it. The extrasolar planet, or ‘exoplanet’, called Gliese 12 b, orbits a small and cool red dwarf star located only about 40 … Read more

Warm seawater flows under the “Doomsday Glacier” and it is as bad as it sounds

Tidal pressure has been observed to push (relatively) warm water under the Thwaites Glacier, exposing a much larger ice surface to the warming pressure. The observations indicate that catastrophic sea level rise could come much sooner than almost everyone is preparing for. Rising temperatures contribute to higher sea levels by expanding existing water in the … Read more