Like some bats and marine mammals, people can develop expert echolocation skills, in which they produce a clicking sound with their mouths and listen to the reflected sound waves to …read more Source:: Science
Month: August 2017
Reconstructing life at its beginning, cell by cell
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•In a technological tour de force, scientists have created a virtual model of an early fly embryo. Its interactive interface allows researchers to explore the blueprint that underlies development at …read more Source:: Science
Fossil footprints challenge established theories of human evolution
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•Newly discovered human-like footprints from Crete may put the established narrative of early human evolution to the test. The footprints are approximately 5.7 million years old and were made at …read more Source:: Science
Human bones in south Mexico: Stalagmite reveals their age as 13,000 years old
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•A prehistoric human skeleton found on the Yucatán Peninsula is at least 13,000 years old and most likely dates from a glacial period at the end of the most recent …read more Source:: Science
Yawning: Why is it so contagious and why should it matter?
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•Feeling tired? Even if we aren’t tired, why do we yawn if someone else does? Experts have published research that suggests the human propensity for contagious yawning is triggered automatically …read more Source:: Science
Scents and social preference: Neuroscientists ID the roots of attraction
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•Culminating a series of studies stretching back eight years, biologists have identified the cellular and molecular basis for social preference, known in the animal kingdom as ‘imprinting.’ Through in vivo …read more Source:: Science
Pivotal, VMware team up to deploy Kubernetes on vSphere
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Pivotal and VMware have teamed up to deliver commercial-grade Kubernetes distributions on both VMware vSphere and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Pivotal Container Service (PKS), launching in Q4 2017, runs …read more Source:: OpenSource
OpenJDK may tackle Java security gaps with secretive group
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•By Paul Krill To shore up Java’s security, a private group that operates outside the normal open source community process is under consideration. The proposed OpenJDK (Java Development Kit) Vulnerability Group would provide a …read more Source:: OpenSource
Dancing can reverse the signs of aging in the brain
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•Physical exercise has an anti-aging effect on the hippocampus region of the brain — an area that controls memory, learning and balance. A new study, comparing different forms of exercise …read more Source:: Science
Ringing in ears keeps brain more at attention, less at rest, study finds
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•Tinnitus, a chronic ringing or buzzing in the ears, has eluded medical treatment and scientific understanding. A new study found that chronic tinnitus is associated with changes in certain networks …read more Source:: Science