One of the defining characteristics of chordates and other deuterostomes is the presence of gill slits, which first appeared in the acorn worm and persist vestigially in the human embryo. …read more Source:: Science
Day: November 19, 2015
New camouflage mechanism fish use in the open ocean
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•Fish have a remarkable way to hide from their predators using camouflage techniques. A new study shows that fish scales have evolved to not only reflect light, but to also …read more Source:: Science
‘Rat vision’ may give humans best sight of all
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•Humans have the best of all possible visual worlds because our full stereo vision combines with primitive visual pathways to quickly spot danger, a study has discovered. …read more Source:: Science
Red Hat adds up-to-date languages to RHEL
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•Are your Red Hat Enterprise Linux programmers chomping at the bit for the latest and greatest development tools? Then, Red Hat Software Collections 2.1 and Red Hat Developer Toolset 4 …read more Source:: Linux
Aston Martin debuts Castrol’s 90 second oil change tech
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•Motor-oil firm Castrol, part of the BP Group, has launched a removable container that packages the oil and filter into one unit, making changing a car’s oil a far simpler …read more Source:: UKScienceNews