There may be far fewer galaxies further out in the universe then might be expected, according to a new study. …read more Source:: Science
Month: July 2015
Dagger-like canines of saber-toothed cats took years to grow
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•The fearsome teeth of the saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis fully emerged at a later age than those of modern big cats, but grew at a rate about double that of …read more Source:: Science
Males may contribute to offspring’s mental development before pregnancy
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•A new study provides evidence in mice that males may play a positive role in the development of offspring’s brains starting before pregnancy. …read more Source:: Science
Supreme Court decision threatens programmers’ API rights
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•The Supreme Court decision that let stand a lower court decision that Java’s application programming interface may be subject to copyright could be a developer disaster in the making. …read more Source:: Linux
Big Data has lost its zing – businesses want insight and action
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•By editor@techworld.com (Forrester Analysts) I saw it coming last year. Big data isn’t what it used to be. Not because firms are disillusioned with the technology, but rather because the term is no longer …read more Source:: Open Source
Open source lives! The R project is the real deal
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•By Matt Asay Once open source became a big deal it was just a matter of time until it became big business. When we crossed that line, it was foreordained that defending the …read more Source:: OpenSource
South Africans used milk-based paint 49,000 years ago
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•Scientists have discovered a milk-and ochre-based paint dating to 49,000 years ago that inhabitants may have used to adorn themselves with or to decorate stone or wooden slabs. …read more Source:: Science