The denial of service bug had actually been patched in the Linux kernel weeks before news of it was ever announced. …read more Source:: Linux
Day: August 9, 2018
Pairs of small colliding galaxies may seed future stars
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•In a new study, astronomers show how gas expelled in the merger of two small galaxies can linger across vast distances for billions of years, where it may eventually feed …read more Source:: Science
Ultrahot planets have starlike atmospheres
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•An unusual kind of star-planet hybrid atmosphere is emerging from studies of ultrahot planets orbiting close to other stars. …read more Source:: Science
Marine mammals lack functional gene to defend against popular pesticide
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•As marine mammals evolved to make water their primary habitat, they lost the ability to make a protein that defends humans and other land-dwelling mammals from the neurotoxic effects of …read more Source:: Science
Neuroscientists get at the roots of pessimism
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•Neuroscientists have shown that stimulating the caudate nucleus can generate negative moods that lead to irrational decision-making. Stimulating the caudate nucleus causes animals to give far more weight to the …read more Source:: Science