Researchers describe that rock fragments produced unintentionally today by primates in Serra da Capivara National Park in Brazil resemble tools made deliberately 2.6 million years ago by ancestors of humans. …read more Source:: Science
Day: December 9, 2016
Cow gene study shows why most clones fail
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It has been 20 years since Dolly the sheep was successfully cloned in Scotland, but cloning mammals remains a challenge. A new study of gene expression in developing clones now …read more Source:: Science
Three serious Linux kernel security holes patched
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It’s time to patch your Linux servers and PCs again. …read more Source:: Linux
Why can’t monkeys speak? Vocal anatomy is not the problem
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Monkeys and apes are unable to learn new vocalizations, and for decades it has been widely believed that this inability results from limitations of their vocal anatomy: larynx, tongue and …read more Source:: Science
Oxytocin improves synchronization in leader-follower interaction
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A new study shows that participants receiving oxytocin — a hormone known to promote social bonding – are more synchronized when finger-tapping together, than participants receiving placebo. This effect was …read more Source:: Science
How Mypy could simplify compiling Python
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By Serdar Yegulalp It’s the dream of every professional Python programmer: Take an existing Python application, run it through a compiler, and generate high-speed, platform-native code that respects Python’s dynamic nature. In theory, that’s …read more Source:: OpenSource
‘Hyper-starburst’ galaxy churns out stars, clues to universe’s evolution
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A recently discovered galaxy is undergoing an extraordinary boom of stellar construction. …read more Source:: Science
Red Hat launches OpenShift on Google Cloud
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Red Hat’s Platform-as-a-Service cloud will now be supported on the Google Cloud Platform …read more Source:: Linux