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Of all the known ways to get an Acanthamoeba infection, nasal rinsing was the most likely one in the man’s case. The man had nasal polyps and used sinus rinses to alleviate his symptoms. However, his symptoms didn’t start in his nasal passages—they started on his legs. There, red nodules formed and progressed to develop dark centers. Some became deep ulcers, while others became necrotic, turning to black scabs. Then began erupting on his trunk, arms, and neck. Catching a killer Before his transfer to Yale, doctors elsewhere tried to identify the mysterious cause, doing multiple biopsies of his diseased…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. At a wildlife park in Germany, a young ring-tailed lemur did something bold: It launched itself at an adult ruffed lemur and started gently slapping and grabbing her. Rather than putting an end to these antics, the bigger, stronger ruffed lemur just rolled onto her back, flashed a relaxed open-mouth expression, and let the little one tackle her. The playful wrestling match that ensued between these two different species caught researchers’ attention. In a report published in February in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution,…
The source code for multiple versions of Metal Gear Solid 2 has reportedly leaked online, uploaded to a 4chan thread by some anonymous individual. While the origin of the leak is currently unclear, the files in the leak appear to be dated 03/04/2007, implying that they may have been used for the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, which was released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in November 2011. The earliest source of the leak appears to be a thread on the /vr/ board on 4chan, which includes a partial download link for the data-sharing site Pixeldrain. Alleged leaks always warrant…
Evaporated Steam Valve’s Steam Machine was poised to expand on the Steam Deck’s success, but it’s currently in limbo, and the Deck is, too. Credit: Valve Valve’s Steam Machine was poised to expand on the Steam Deck’s success, but it’s currently in limbo, and the Deck is, too. Credit: Valve But Valve’s push to compete directly with Microsoft and PC hardware makers has hit a wall, at least for now: huge cost increases and supply increases for all kinds of PC components, particularly memory and storage chips. Problems that started to affect the market for PC components in late 2025…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. It’s been 250 years since the United States decided it was no longer interested in being part of Great Britain. To celebrate the momentous anniversary—called a semiquincentennial—the non-profit America250 has numerous events planned including something quite timely. A roughly 2,000-pound time capsule will be buried at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park on July 4, 2026. The capsule is intended to safeguard a snapshot of America today for another 250 years. While the process of burying random items underground for a few centuries might sound…
Would you believe me if I said Kotaku didn’t originally intend for a ranking of the best SpongeBob Squarepants episodes to line up with the series’ 27th anniversary? It’s true! We were literally just talking about putting one together yesterday without realizing that today, May 1, marks 27 years since the animated comedy first debuted on Nickelodeon. It’s kind of sad to say that SpongeBob Squarepants has been living in mediocrity for longer than it was good, as most would readily admit the show declined heavily in quality after its third season when original showrunner Stephen Hillenburg stepped down from…
Across models and tasks, the model trained to be “warmer” ended up having a higher error rate than the unmodified model. Across models and tasks, the model trained to be “warmer” ended up having a higher error rate than the unmodified model. Credit: Ibrahim et al / Nature Both the “warmer” and original versions of each model were then run through prompts from HuggingFace datasets designed to have “objective variable answers,” and in which “inaccurate answers can pose real-world risks.” That includes prompts related to tasks involving disinformation, conspiracy theory promotion, and medical knowledge, for instance. Across hundreds of these…
Salon Privé London 2026 was back after an absence in 2025. Moreover, this great event took place once again at the lovely venue of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, from Thursday 16th to Saturday 18th April. Meanwhile, You can check out our numerous videos from this event here, all our photos here, and even more content here. Did you check out our show highlights, if not you can do so here. So, onto our top 10 favourite cars for sale at Salon Privé London 2026. Quite unique for a concours show, Salon Privé London has a feature called the Concours de…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Earlier this week, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a human trial for a blueberry-sized brain implant intended to target treatment-resistant depression. The brain-computer interface (BCI) developed by Houston-based startup Motif Neurotech aims to deliver electrical stimulation to activate parts of the brain’s central executive network that are inactive in people with major depressive disorder. If successful, it would make this the first example of a BCI used to treat clinical depression. “The goal for this technology is that it would…
Exploding demon flesh, bullet hell ballets, farm-to-table RPG combat—whatever you’re in the mood to play, one of the games below is bound to hit the spot. Here are the games we recommend you check out, and which we personally can’t wait to get back to playing this weekend. Saros © Housemarque / Kotaku Play it on: PS5 I’ve played through Saros twice already and I yearn for more. I want more terrifying bullet-hell creatures throwing colorful orbs at me while I zip around and fire my auto-aiming assault rifle at them. My mind races as I keep thinking over its…