Astronomers have taken a photograph of a baby planet beyond the solar system that may reveal clues as to how planets such as Jupiter are formed and influence their planetary …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Day: August 13, 2015
Apes may be closer to speaking than many scientists think
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•Koko the gorilla is best known for a lifelong study to teach her a silent form of communication, American Sign Language. But some of the simple sounds she has learned …read more Source:: Science
NPD: Chromebooks outsell Windows laptops
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•For businesses, tablets are on the decline and laptops are rising once again. And Chromebooks aren’t just for consumers looking for cheap laptops. …read more Source:: Linux
Prehistoric carnivore dubbed ‘scarface’ discovered in Zambia
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•Scientists have identified a new species of pre-mammal in what is now Zambia. Thanks to a unique groove on the animal’s upper jaw, it was dubbed Ichibengops, which combines the …read more Source:: Science
Stomach is the way to a woman’s heart, too
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•Women’s brains respond more to romantic cues on a full stomach than an empty one, new research demonstrates. The study explored brain circuitry in hungry versus satiated states among women …read more Source:: Science
Keeping pace with change: How to add speed to agility in the cloud
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•By editor@techworld.com (Dr. Chris Boorman, CMO, Automic) The agility of cloud technology and the speed of automation allow us to be proactive disruptors through opportunistic software engineering, as the third wave of computing becomes a reality. …read more Source:: Open Source
How do continents break up? Classical theory of mantle plume is put in question
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•When the western part of the super-continent Gondwana broke up around 130 Million years ago, today’s Africa and South-America started to separate and the South Atlantic was born. It is …read more Source:: Science
Docker 1.8 adds serious container security
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•The new open-source Docker container release has numerous new features, but the headline news is its improved security. …read more Source:: Linux
SUSE brings its management software to the cloud
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•Want to manage your SUSE Linux servers whether they’re on x86 servers, mainframes, and/or the cloud? You can do that now. …read more Source:: Linux
Microbial companions of humans, animals are highly specialized
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•Humans and animals are never alone. Everyone is host to over two thousand different species of microbes, of which most colonize our bodies only after we are born. One would …read more Source:: Science