Are giant rats the future in sniffing out wildlife trafficking? Watch the rodents at work
Eight giant African pouched rats were able to detect four wildlife samples from 146 non-target items during this four-year ...
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Managing rat populations with hormonal interventions
Recent research has explored the use of fertility control in Rattus rattus (the black rat), specifically focusing on the combination of quinestrol and levonorgestrel. Investigators captured live black ...
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Darren Walker Named First Black President of the National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art has named Darren Walker its next president. He is the first African American to serve in the post. Walker has served on the board of trustees since 2019 and succeeds ...
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Russian RomCom Attacks Target Ukrainian Government with New SingleCamper RAT Variant
The intrusions are characterized by the use of a variant of the RomCom RAT dubbed SingleCamper (aka SnipBot or RomCom 5.0), said Cisco Talos, which is monitoring the activity cluster under the moniker ...
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Hilarious clip of 'The Rat Leveler' in action
Shared by Anthony, this hilarious clip features a man willing to go to any lengths to ensure that the rat near his car is never heard from again. "So, this man is a retired bricklayer, and when he ...
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New Malware Campaign Uses PureCrypter Loader to Deliver DarkVision RAT
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new malware campaign that leverages a malware loader named PureCrypter to deliver a commodity remote access trojan (RAT) called DarkVision RAT. The activity, ...
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This 18th-Century Painting Could Rewrite Black History in Britain
New research has revealed the fascinating life story of a once anonymous Black boy in a grand 18th-century English portrait by French painter Jean-Baptiste van Loo. Recently uncovered documents ...
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On a remote Alaskan island, a ‘strike team’ hunts a single elusive rat
A resident had reported a rat sighting. “I got PTSD immediately,” Lauren Divine, the director of the island’s Ecosystem Conservation Office, told The Washington Post. Rats are a nuisance in ...