When ozone and skin oils meet, the resulting reaction may help remove ozone from an indoor environment, but it can also produce a personal cloud of pollutants that affects indoor …read more Source:: Science
Month: June 2019
When the dinosaurs died, lichens thrived
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•When the asteroid hit, dinosaurs weren’t the only ones that suffered. Clouds of ash blocked the sun and cooled the planet’s temperature, devastating plant life. But fungi, which decompose dead …read more Source:: Science
Valve to continue Steam gaming on Ubuntu Linux
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•But, the gaming company isn’t happy with Canonical and will try to work closer with other Linux distributors. …read more Source:: Linux
Some extinct crocs were vegetarians
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•Based on careful study of fossilized teeth, scientists have found that multiple ancient groups of crocodyliforms — the group including living and extinct relatives of crocodiles and alligators — were …read more Source:: Science
Scientists discover how plants breathe — and how humans shaped their ‘lungs’
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•Experts reveal how plants provide a steady flow of air to every cell. Study shows humans have bred wheat plants to have fewer pores on their leaves and use less …read more Source:: Science
Some corals can survive in acidified ocean conditions, but have lower density skeletons
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•Coral reefs face many challenges to their survival, including the global acidification of seawater as a result of rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. A new study shows that …read more Source:: Science
Honeybees infect wild bumblebees through shared flowers
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•Viruses in managed honeybees are spilling over to wild bumblebee populations though the shared use of flowers, a first-of-its-kind study reveals. This research suggests commercial apiaries may need to be …read more Source:: Science
SUSE Manager 4: Traditional server management marries DevOps
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•The latest SUSE Linux server management program combines the best of older sysadmin approaches with Salt DevOps. …read more Source:: Linux
Programming language Python’s ‘existential threat’ is app distribution: Is this the answer?
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•New tool aims to bring Python apps on Windows, Mac, and Linux to users who’ve never heard of Python. …read more Source:: Linux
Raspberry Pi users: You got Pi 4, now new Raspbian takes Windows 10, iOS design cues
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•New Raspberry Pi OS Raspbian is out, based on Linux Debian Buster, with a revamped user interface and improved security. …read more Source:: Linux