A cache of embryo-like microfossils has been discovered in northern Mongolia that may shed light on questions about the long-ago shift from microbes to animals on Earth. …read more Source:: Science
Month: October 2017
Pollution responsible for 16 percent of early deaths globally
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•Diseases caused by pollution were responsible in 2015 for an estimated 9 million premature deaths — 16 percent of all deaths worldwide, according to a report. …read more Source:: Science
Mountain glaciers shrinking across Western U.S.
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•A technique using satellites to create twice-yearly elevation maps of US mountain glaciers provides new insight into thinning of glaciers in the lower 48 states. …read more Source:: Science
Life goes on for marine ecosystems after cataclysmic mass extinction
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•One of the largest global mass extinctions did not fundamentally change marine ecosystems, scientists have found. …read more Source:: Science
Ubuntu 17.10: Hands-on with Artful Aardvark
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•There are big changes in the latest release of Ubuntu. Here are my experiences in installing it on a number of different computers. …read more Source:: Linux
Ubuntu Linux will never be the same after version 17.10
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•The latest version of Ubuntu Linux is here with the GNOME desktop as its new interface, as Ubuntu bids adieu to its own takes on the Linux desktop. …read more Source:: Linux
NASA’s MAVEN mission finds Mars has a twisted magnetic tail
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•Mars has an invisible magnetic ‘tail’ that is twisted by interaction with the solar wind, according to new research using data from NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft. …read more Source:: Science
New NASA study improves search for habitable worlds
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•New NASA research is helping to refine our understanding of candidate planets beyond our solar system that might support life. …read more Source:: Science
Field trips of the future?
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•A biologist examines the benefits and drawbacks of virtual and augmented reality in teaching environmental science. …read more Source:: Science
New tyrannosaur fossil is most complete found in Southwestern US
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•A fossilized skeleton of a tyrannosaur discovered in Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument was airlifted by helicopter Oct 15, and delivered to the Natural History Museum of Utah where it …read more Source:: Science