Why are modern humans the only species to have chins? Researchers say it’s not due to mechanical forces, such as chewing, but may lie in our evolution: As our faces …read more Source:: Science
Day: April 13, 2015
Violent Methane Storms on Titan May Solve Dune Direction Mystery
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•Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is among the most Earthlike places in the solar system. As the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft examines Titan, its discoveries bring new mysteries. One of these is that …read more Source:: Science
Your pain reliever may also be diminishing your joy
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•Researchers studying the commonly used pain reliever acetaminophen found it has a previously unknown side effect: It blunts positive emotions. Study results suggest “that using Tylenol or similar products might …read more Source:: Science
The Culture of Freedom: Free Software, Free Speech
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•By editor@techworld.com (Glyn Moody) A few weeks ago, I spoke at this year’s WordCamp London. My theme was free software and free speech. The first part of my talk was a quick run-through free …read more Source:: Open Source
SpaceX rocket poised for launch – and a landing
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – An unmanned SpaceX rocket was poised for launch from Florida on Monday to send a cargo ship to the International Space Station, then turn around …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Hello Geode: Pivotal GemFire is now open source
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Making good on its promise from earlier in the year, Pivotal has released as open source the distributed in-memory database that powers GemFire, a featured part of Pivotal’s Big Data …read more Source:: OpenSource
Facebook gives in on patent grant
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•By Simon Phipps Late Friday, Facebook announced it’s finally giving in to pressure from the open source community and fixed its open source patent grant. While most …read more Source:: OpenSource