Ubuntu founder and Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth recently talked to me about his plans for his company, operating system, clouds, and containers. …read more Source:: Linux
Day: June 7, 2018
NASA finds ancient organic material, mysterious methane on Mars
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•NASA’s Curiosity rover has found new evidence preserved in rocks on Mars that suggests the planet could have supported ancient life, as well as new evidence in the Martian atmosphere …read more Source:: Science
Bees understand the concept of zero
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•Scientists have discovered honeybees can understand the concept of zero, putting them in an elite club of clever animals that can grasp the abstract mathematical notion of nothing. …read more Source:: Science
Tipping point for large-scale social change
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•A new study finds that when 25 percent of people in a group adopt a new social norm, it creates a tipping point where the entire group follows suit. This …read more Source:: Science
Blood test for pregnant women can predict premature birth
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•A new blood test for pregnant women detects with 75-80 percent accuracy whether their pregnancies will end in premature birth. The technique can also be used to estimate a fetus’s …read more Source:: Science
Tonsil and adenoid removal associated with respiratory, allergic and infectious disease
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•Removing tonsils and adenoids in childhood increases the long-term risk of respiratory, allergic and infectious diseases, according to researchers who have examined — for the first time — the long-term …read more Source:: Science