New researchers set out to determine whether pythons could have adapted to an extreme Florida freeze event in 2010. They generated data for dozens of samples before and after the …read more Source:: Science
Day: October 19, 2018
What’s new in Ubuntu Linux 18.10 ‘Cosmic Cuttlefish’
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Canonical’s Ubuntu distribution for Linux has earned a reputation for being user-friendly, with editions aimed at desktop, server, cloud, and IoT users. This changelog tracks updates to Ubuntu across its …read more Source:: OpenSource
Earth’s inner core is solid, ‘J waves’ suggest
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•A new study could help us understand how our planet was formed. Scientists report that their research shows that Earth’s inner core is solid — a finding made possible by …read more Source:: Science
Does herpes cause Alzheimer’s?
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•Herpes is the dreaded ‘gift that keeps on giving’. But could it also be taking our memories? Decades of research show a striking correlation between Alzheimer’s disease risk and infection …read more Source:: Science
MongoDB’s new license won’t solve its China problem
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•By Matt Asay MongoDB’s shift away from the Affero GPL to its homegrown Server-Side Public License (SSPL) can be cast as a way to clarify what open source means in the …read more Source:: OpenSource