WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Man’s inhumanity to man, as 18th century Scottish poet Robert Burns put it, is no recent development. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Day: January 20, 2016
How to fix the latest Linux and Android zero day flaw
by
•This flaw isn’t nearly as bad as first reported, but Linux administrators still need to fix it. …read more Source:: Linux
Like air traffic, information flows through neuron ‘hubs’ in the brain
by
•70 percent of all information within cortical regions in the brain passes through only 20 percent of its regions’ neurons, report researchers. The scientists report these high-traffic “hub neurons” could …read more Source:: Science
Rising carbon dioxide emissions pose ‘intoxication’ threat to world’s ocean fish
by
•Researchers have found that carbon dioxide concentrations in seawater could reach levels high enough to make fish ‘intoxicated’ and disoriented many decades earlier than previously thought, with serious implications for …read more Source:: Science
Evidence of a prehistoric massacre extends the history of warfare
by
•Skeletal remains of a group of foragers massacred around 10,000 years ago on the shores of a lagoon is unique evidence of a violent encounter between clashing groups of ancient …read more Source:: Science
Transgenic mosquito ready to join Brazil’s war on Zika virus
by
•BRASILIA (Reuters) – A genetically modified mosquito has helped reduce the proliferation of mosquitoes spreading Zika and other dangerous viruses in Brazil, its developers said on Tuesday. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews