Ahead of the Florida Python Challenge in July 2026, see what the bite of the snakes' powerful jaws looks like.

We caught up with two professional python hunters and asked them what are the "essentials" that help them be successful in the field.

Last year, Taylor Stanberry caught 60 Burmese pythons with her bare hands—a state record. But this self-taught hunter says she doesn't enjoy killing the snakes, she just knows it's a necessity. Taylor ...

Abstract: Data confidentiality, a fundamental security element for dependable cloud storage, has been drawing widespread concern. Public-key encryption with keyword search (PEKS) has emerged as a ...

Abstract: In this paper, we propose a Mergeable Searchable Symmetric Encryption (MSSE) scheme to enable secure keyword search and updates over encrypted cloud data. Particularly, MSSE allows flexible ...