New images confirm the presence of a dark vortex on Neptune. Though similar features were seen during the Voyager 2 flyby of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in 1989 and by …read more Source:: Science
Day: June 23, 2016
Volcanoes get quiet before they erupt
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•Until now, there has not been a way to forecast eruptions of restless volcanoes because of the constant seismic activity and gas and steam emissions. Volcanologists have shown that periods …read more Source:: Science
Fix for 3-billion-year-old genetic error could dramatically improve genetic sequencing
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•Researchers found a fix for a 3-billion-year-old glitch in one of the major carriers of information needed for life, RNA, which until now produced errors when making copies of genetic …read more Source:: Science
Moral dilemma with driverless cars: Who gets protected, the driver or pedestrians?
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•A new study shows that the public is conflicted over safety scenarios concerning driverless cars, taking a notably inconsistent approach to the safety of autonomous vehicles, should they become a …read more Source:: Science
Scientists reveal single-neuron gene landscape of the human brain
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•A team of scientists has completed the first large-scale assessment of single neuronal ‘transcriptomes.’ Their research reveals a surprising diversity in the molecules that human brain cells use in transcribing …read more Source:: Science
To tool or not to tool? Clever cockatoos make economic decisions about tool use
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•Cognitive biologists studied tool-related decisionmaking in an Indonesian cockatoo. They found that the animals seemed to carefully ponder about their choices: while doing so the animals scrutinized details such as …read more Source:: Science
Linux recommendations for a novice: Trying out Linux Mint, Manjaro, and PCLinuxOS
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•As recommended in my previous post, I have loaded Linux Mint, Manjaro, and PCLinuxOS on an old Samsung N150 Plus netbook. Here are the results, and a few screenshots. …read more Source:: Linux
Apache Libcloud: The open-source cloud library to link all clouds together
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•Apache Libcloud, the leading cloud service interoperability library used by Amazon Web Services, Apache CloudStack, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, OpenStack, and VMware, has finally reached 1.0 status. …read more Source:: Linux