Some hurricanes are moving more slowly, spending increased time over land and leading to catastrophic local rainfall and flooding, according to a new study. …read more Source:: Science
Month: June 2018
Minerology on Mars points to a cold and icy ancient climate
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•The climate throughout Mars’ early history has long been debated — was the Red Planet warm and wet, or cold and icy? New research published in Icarus provides evidence for …read more Source:: Science
Mark Shuttleworth dishes on where Canonical and Ubuntu Linux are going next
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•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
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
Transparent, conductive films promising for developing flexible screens
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•Because silver is less brittle and more chemically resistant than materials currently used to make these electrodes, the new films could offer a high-performance and long-lasting option for use with …read more Source:: Science
Buildah 1.0: Linux Container construction made easy
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•Using containers is easy-peasy. Building them, not so much. Now, Red Hat has released Buldah 1.0, an easy-to-use, Linux shell-based container builder tool. …read more Source:: Linux