Using a database with historical records that began in 871 A.D., an anthropologist was able to show reproductive patterns and shed new light on the ‘quantity-quality’ trade-off, a biological concept …read more Source:: Science
Day: June 8, 2016
New research shines light on surprising numbers, evolutionary variety of bioluminescent ocean fish
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•Bioluminescence — the production of light from a living organism — is more widespread among marine fishes than previously understood, report scientists. …read more Source:: Science
Scientists observe supermassive black hole feeding on cold gas
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•For the first time, astronomers have detected billowy clouds of cold, clumpy gas streaming toward a black hole, at the center of a massive galaxy cluster. The clouds are traveling …read more Source:: Science
How altered gut microbes cause obesity
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•Obesity is linked to changes in our gut microbes — the trillions of tiny organisms that inhabit our intestines. But the mechanism has not been clear to date. In a …read more Source:: Science
New chromosome origin element identified
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•Scientists have discovered a new essential sequence within bacterial genomes required for DNA replication — the second ever to be discovered and the first for 30 years. …read more Source:: Science
Sea snakes have extra sense for water living
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•The move from life on land to life in the sea has led to the evolution of a new sense for sea snakes, an Australian study suggests. …read more Source:: Science
Differences in male, female brain activity found when it comes to cooperation
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•When the researchers asked people to cooperate with a partner, then tracked the brain activity of both participants, they found that males and females had different patterns of shared brain …read more Source:: Science
MapR shows off enterprise-grade Spark distribution
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•By Thor Olavsrud At Spark Summit in San Francisco, Calif., this week, Hadoop distribution vendor MapR Technologies announced a new enterprise-grade <a class="colorbox" href="http://spark.apache.org/" …read more Source:: OpenSource
The Apache Foundation’s incredible rise
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•By Matt Asay The Apache Software Foundation recently released its 28-page annual report for its 2015-2016 year, but here’s the TL;DR in one word: amazing. What started as a simple HTTP server …read more Source:: OpenSource