CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) – An unmanned SpaceX rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Monday to put a communications satellite into orbit for the …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Day: April 27, 2015
High-pitched sounds cause seizures in old cats: Certain breeds more susceptible
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Sharp high-pitched sounds have been found to cause seizures in older cats. The most commonly reported triggers were the sound of crinkling tin foil, a metal spoon clanging in a …read more Source:: Science
Finding the body clock’s molecular reset button
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An international team of scientists has discovered what amounts to a molecular reset button for our internal body clock. Their findings reveal a potential target to treat a range of …read more Source:: Science
Zebrafish ‘inner ear’ development wins science video prize
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Monday April 27, 2015 – This is a video of a lateral line, an organ that allows fish to sense water movement, developing in a zebra fish. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Alternate theory of inhabitation of North America disproven
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The most widely accepted theory of the inhabitation of North America is that humans migrated from Siberia to Alaska by means of a ‘land bridge’ that spanned the Bering Strait. …read more Source:: Science
Containers are a developer’s dreamscape
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Virtual containers are secure, operating system-level user spaces that consume no more overhead than a standard application does. They are the ultimate developer’s playground–the stuff of dreams. …read more Source:: Linux
Origin of life: Chemistry of seabed’s hot vents could explain emergence of life
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Hot vents on the seabed could have spontaneously produced the organic molecules necessary for life, according to new research. The study shows how the surfaces of mineral particles inside hydrothermal …read more Source:: Science
Is the universe a hologram?
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The ‘holographic principle,’ the idea that a universe with gravity can be described by a quantum field theory in fewer dimensions, has been used for years as a mathematical tool …read more Source:: Science
Penetration testing in the UK is broken – here’s how to fix it
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By editor@techworld.com (Management Briefing) UK enterprises are being failed by check-box penetration testing that tells them nothing useful …read more Source:: Open Source
A Fedora 22 beta walk-through
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The new Fedora, with its GNOME 3.16 interface, is an interesting, powerful Linux desktop. …read more Source:: Linux