The Toba supereruption on the island of Sumatra about 74,000 years ago did not cause a six-year-long ‘volcanic winter’ in East Africa and thereby cause the human population in the …read more Source:: Science
Day: February 6, 2018
One million Linux and open-source software classes taken
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•Getting an IT job today starts with taking Linux and open-source classes. …read more Source:: Linux
Sea ice algae blooms in the dark
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•Researchers have measured a new world record: Small ice algae on the underside of the Arctic sea ice live and grow at a light level corresponding to only 0.02 percent …read more Source:: Science
New CRISPR method efficiently corrects Duchenne muscular dystrophy defect in heart tissue
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•Scientists have developed a CRISPR gene-editing technique that can potentially correct a majority of the 3,000 mutations that cause Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) by making a single cut at strategic …read more Source:: Science
Magnetic brain stimulation alters negative emotion perception
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•A new study reports that processing of negative emotion can be strengthened or weakened by tuning the excitability of the right frontal part of the brain. …read more Source:: Science