Linux desktop users have been waiting for Wayland, the X server display replacement, for years. It’s finally here. …read more Source:: Linux
Day: November 23, 2016
Students have trouble judging the credibility of information online, researchers find
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•Education scholars say youth are duped by sponsored content and don’t always recognize political bias of social messages. …read more Source:: Science
Huge reduction in African dust plume impacted climate 11,000 years ago
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•Scientists have discovered a huge reduction in an African dust plume that led to more Saharan monsoons 11,000 years ago, suggests a new report. …read more Source:: Science
Nylon fibers made to flex like muscles
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•Engineers have found a simple and inexpensive new approach to creating bending artificial muscle fibers. Artificial muscles — materials that contract and expand somewhat like muscle fibers do — can …read more Source:: Science
Researchers put mouse embryos in suspended animation
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•Researchers have found a way to pause the development of early mouse embryos for up to a month in the lab, a finding with potential implications for assisted reproduction, regenerative …read more Source:: Science
Open-source hardware makers unite to start certifying products
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•By Agam Shah Four years ago, Alicia Gibb was trying to unite a fragmented open-source hardware community to join together to create innovative products. So was born the Open Source Hardware Association, …read more Source:: OpenSource
Why Amazon picked MXNet for deep learning
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon, announced yesterday that the MXNet deep learning framework would become “[Amazon’s] deep learning framework of choice.” Choosing MXNet might come as a surprise to …read more Source:: OpenSource
Disney’s best releases may be its open source tools
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•By Paul Krill While most people associate Disney with Mickey Mouse, animation, and amusement parks, the company is forging a path in the open source software realm, encouraging contributions from its developers and …read more Source:: OpenSource
Between a rock and a hard place: Biologists unearth sandstone-excavating bees
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•In the popular nursery story The Three Little Pigs, the prudent porker who builds his house of brick is chided by his pals, who choose much easier ways to construct …read more Source:: Science
Poisonous amphibian defenses are linked to higher extinction risk
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•Amphibians which have a toxic defense against predators – such as the iconic poison dart frogs – have a much higher risk of extinction than species which use other types …read more Source:: Science