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
Month: November 2015
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
Alarming new “superbug” gene found in animals and people in China
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•LONDON, (Reuters) – A new gene that makes bacteria highly resistant to a last-resort class of antibiotics has been found in people and pigs in China – including in samples …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
More than 8 percent of children with cancer have genetic predisposition, new study suggests
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•The most detailed analysis yet of the role germline mutations in genes associated with cancer predisposition play in the development of childhood cancer suggests that comprehensive genomic screening may be …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers see planet still growing in its stellar womb
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – Astronomers have taken the first images of a planet still in formation, a discovery expected to shed light on how giant planets manage to beef …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
What salamanders can teach us about baseball
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•Researchers have increased our understanding of how people and animals deal with sensorimotor delay in day-to-day interactions by analyzing the hunting skills of salamanders. …read more Source:: Science
Dark matter dominates in nearby dwarf galaxy
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•A researcher has measured what could be the highest concentration of dark matter in any known galaxy. …read more Source:: Science
Stretch mark science: What happens to your skin when pregnancy gives you a stretch mark?
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•Don’t believe the hype when you see those creams and ointments promising to prevent or reduce pregnancy stretch marks. Dermatologists are still learning about what causes stretch marks in the …read more Source:: Science
South American origins and spread of Irish potato famine pathogen
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•Using some ancient DNA detective work, a new study has linked the culprit behind the 19th-century Irish potato famine, which was transported to Europe in the 1840s, to a fungus-like …read more Source:: Science