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Hearing the shape of an arena with spectral swarm robotics

Robot swarms classify arena shapes by estimating a global spectral signature from information exchanged between robots.

Native Florida rodent could go extinct, thanks to Burmese python

Burmese pythons, a prolific and invasive species of snake, could help cause the extinction of an endangered rodent native to Florida.
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Ocean carbon sequestration during glacial climates due to combined Antarctic sea ice expansion and ocean circulation change

Glacial-interglacial transitions punctuate Earth’s Quaternary climate, accompanied by substantial atmospheric carbon dioxide and ocean carbon storage changes. The cause of atmospheric carbon drawdown ...
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Argon2 vs Bcrypt vs Scrypt: One Needs 31x the RAM [2026]

Argon2, bcrypt, and scrypt compared on OWASP 2026 parameters, real benchmarks, memory cost, and migration steps for password ...

The era where AI rewrites old bank programs: What is COBOL, and why can't banks give it up?

Even when seeing news that "AI can now rewrite COBOL," many people don't even know what COBOL is in the first place.It also ...