CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – A key instrument on a $1 billion NASA satellite has failed, reducing scientists’ ability to capture data to measure the moisture in Earth’s soil in …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Day: September 3, 2015
Before nature selects, gene networks steer a course for evolution
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•Natural selection is a race to reproduce, a competition between individuals with varying traits that helps direct evolution. How do the structures of gene networks determine which individuals appear on …read more Source:: Science
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 beta is out
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•Ready to look into the future or Red Hat Enterprise Linux and containers? Then check out the latest RHEL beta. …read more Source:: Linux
Growing up on a farm provides protection against asthma and allergies
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•Researchers have successfully established a causal relationship between exposure to so-called farm dust and protection against asthma and allergies. This breakthrough discovery is a major step forward towards the development …read more Source:: Science
Ecologists wondering where the lions, and other top predators, are
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•Ecologists have discovered a pattern that is consistent across a range of ecosystems. They found that, in a very systematic way, in crowded settings, prey reproduced less than they do …read more Source:: Science
Fighting explosives pollution with mutant plants
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•Biologists have taken an important step in making it possible to clean millions of hectares of land contaminated by explosives. Biologists have unraveled the mechanism of TNT toxicity in plants …read more Source:: Science
X-rays reveal fossil secrets
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•A sophisticated imaging technique has allowed scientists to virtually peer inside a 10-million-year-old sea urchin, uncovering a treasure trove of hidden fossils. …read more Source:: Science
First proof of bird breeding in ancient Egypt
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•3D imaging of a mummified kestrel that died due to forced overeating provides evidence that the ancient Egyptians bred birds of prey as offerings for the gods, according to a …read more Source:: Science
Magnetic wormhole connecting two regions of space created for the first time
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•“Wormholes” are cosmic tunnels that can connect two distant regions of the universe, and have been popularized by the dissemination of theoretical physics and by works of science fiction like …read more Source:: Science
Standing on their own four feet: Why cats are more independent than dogs
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•Domestic cats do not generally see their owners as a focus of safety and security in the same way that dogs do, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science