Reptiles rapidly invaded the seas soon after a global extinction wiped out most life on Earth, according to a new study. The oldest marine reptile fossils appeared 248.81 million years …read more Source:: Science
Day: June 13, 2016
Bird brain? Ounce for ounce birds have significantly more neurons in their brains than mammals or primates
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•The first study to systematically measure the number of neurons in the brains of birds has found that they have significantly more neurons packed into their small brains than are …read more Source:: Science
Where were you born? Origin matters for species interactions
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•Based on experiments with two species of beetle, ecologists have determined that the early life experiences of individuals that migrate between local habitats can have wide-reaching impacts on the distribution …read more Source:: Science
Light-matter interplay probed: Physicists achieve quantum Hall state with light
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•Harnessing the shared wave nature of light and matter, researchers have used light to explore some of the most intriguing questions in the quantum mechanics of materials. …read more Source:: Science
New planet is largest discovered that orbits two suns
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•If you cast your eyes toward the constellation Cygnus, you’ll be looking in the direction of the largest planet yet discovered around a double-star system. It’s too faint to see …read more Source:: Science
Jailed JavaScript library runs untrusted code safely in browsers, Node.js
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•By Serdar Yegulalp A recently revised JavaScript library now makes it possible to run untrusted JavaScript code, in either Node.js or a modern browser, in a sandboxed environment that provides a controlled way …read more Source:: OpenSource
Linux Mint 18: Hands on with the Cinnammon and MATE betas
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•The Beta Releases for Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon and MATE are available now. That means it won’t be long until the final release. Here’s my experience with them …read more Source:: Linux
Unikernel power comes to Java, Node.js, Go, and Python apps
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•By Serdar Yegulalp An open source project sponsored by EMC allows applications written in C/C++, Java, Go, Node.js, and now Python to be transformed into unikernels — operating systems that do nothing but …read more Source:: OpenSource
Microsoft’s open source .Net Foundation eats Cake
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•By Paul Krill Cake, a C#-based cross-platform build automation framework, has moved to the jurisdiction of the .Net Foundation. Joining the foundation ensures the long-term viability of the project, according to Cake builders. The …read more Source:: OpenSource