Since the discovery of the fossil dubbed Lucy 42 years ago this month, paleontologists have debated whether the 3 million-year-old human ancestor spent all of her time walking on the …read more Source:: Science
Month: November 2016
Canonical offers direct Docker support to Ubuntu users
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By Serdar Yegulalp Enterprise Ubuntu users running Docker in production now have a new source for Docker support: from Canonical. Earlier today, Canonical and Docker announced joint support for the commercial edition of Docker …read more Source:: OpenSource
6,000 years ago the Sahara Desert was tropical, so what happened?
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As little as 6,000 years ago, the vast Sahara Desert was covered in grassland that received plenty of rainfall, but shifts in the world’s weather patterns abruptly transformed the vegetated …read more Source:: Science
Virus-inspired delivery system transfers microscopic cargo between human cells
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Scientists have developed blueprints that instruct human cells to assemble a virus-like delivery system that can transport custom cargo from one cell to another. The research is a step toward …read more Source:: Science
First signs of weird quantum property of empty space?
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By studying the light emitted from an extraordinarily dense and strongly magnetized neutron star, astronomers may have found the first observational indications of a strange quantum effect, first predicted in …read more Source:: Science
Review: GitLab rocks version control
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By Jonathan Freeman If you’ve spent any time evaluating software version-control systems, you have undoubtedly looked at GitHub Enterprise and Bitbucket Server, two big names that offer both on-premises installs and a …read more Source:: OpenSource
Biologists watch speciation in a laboratory flask
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The evolution of a new species can occur rapidly enough for them to observe the process in a simple laboratory flask, biologists have discovered. In a month-long experiment using a …read more Source:: Science
Ants communicate by mouth-to-mouth fluid exchange
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Liquids shared mouth-to-mouth by social insects contain proteins and small molecules that can influence the development and organization of their colonies, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
Ancient rocks hold evidence for life before oxygen
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Somewhere between Earth’s creation and where we are today, scientists have demonstrated that some early life forms existed just fine without any oxygen. The 2.52 billion-year-old sulfur-oxidizing bacteria are exceptionally …read more Source:: Science
C++ compiler guns for speed records
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By Serdar Yegulalp C++ remains the go-to language for the highest-end, hardest-core, and most pedal-to-the-metal applications. But compiling a large C++ project means dealing with agonizing wait times. Israeli software outfit Ceemple Software …read more Source:: OpenSource