Tom Leslie

Your Password Manager May Not Be As Secure As You Thought Cryptography researchers have found ways to access data from a number of password managers, but it might not be time to switch just yet.

I had fun learning about potential security vulnerabilities in cloud-based password managers last week. Thanks to @kennyog.bsky.social and @lujobauer.bsky.social for their insights:

www.iflscience.com/your-passwor...

“We Didn't Even Think About Looking”: Broom-Wielding Veronika Shows Tool Use In Cows Isn't So Absurd After All Veronika the cow is the first documented example of flexible, multipurpose tool use in cattle – and she’s also a very good girl.

Last week I had the privilege of speaking with @auersperga.bsky.social and @biotay.bsky.social about a very talented cow. She's called Veronika, she's fabulous and she's currently getting a lot of well-deserved attention. Here's my piece for @iflscience.com:

www.iflscience.com/we-didnt-eve...

Cow Tools!

We have lived alongside cows for nearly 10,000 years.
We breed them and exploit them

It is now, only now, that we have discovered THEY CAN USE TOOLS

Here I describe our study

(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... in @currentbiology.bsky.social
with @auersperga.bsky.social

"We Need To Do Some Genetics On This": Woolly Rhino Genome Recovered From Ancient Wolf Pup Stomach In World First The animal's DNA suggests the species kept up a healthy population until just before it was wiped out – seemingly due to climate change.

My first piece for @iflscience.com, covering a neat bit of #palaeogenomics where researchers sequenced a woolly rhino genome from tissue found inside the stomach of a mummified wolf!

Many thanks to @jcchacond.bsky.social for walking me through the details:

www.iflscience.com/we-need-to-d...

Reminds me of this, one for the Evangelion fans out there youtu.be/qIZL5qeEKj0?...