Research indicates that head-starting — raising a species in captivity and releasing it into a protected habitat after it has grown large enough to be less vulnerable to predators — …read more Source:: Science
Day: September 4, 2018
Why we stick to false beliefs: Feedback trumps hard evidence
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•Ever wonder why flat earthers, birthers, climate change and Holocaust deniers stick to their beliefs in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary? New findings suggest that feedback, rather …read more Source:: Science
Even Linus Torvalds doesn’t completely understand the Linux kernel
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•In a wide-ranging interview at Open Source Summit, Torvalds talked about programmers, Linux, and open-source development. …read more Source:: Linux
Quantum weirdness in ‘chicken or egg’ paradox
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•The ‘chicken or egg’ paradox was first proposed by philosophers in Ancient Greece to describe the problem of determining cause-and-effect. Now, a team of physicists has shown that, as far …read more Source:: Science
Coral bleaching on Great Barrier Reef not limited to shallow depths
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•A new study demonstrates that the recent mass coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef was not restricted to shallow depths, but also impacted deep reefs. Although deep reefs are …read more Source:: Science