Using ‘BPA-free’ plastic products could be as harmful to human health — including a developing brain — as those products that contain the controversial chemical, suggest scientists. …read more Source:: Science
Day: February 18, 2020
Microsoft’s Scalar speeds up Git
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•By Paul Krill Addressing performance bottlenecks in the Git distributed version control system, Microsoft has introduced Scalar, a set of tools and extensions for Windows and MacOS users that helps …read more Source:: OpenSource
The Linux Foundation identifies most important open-source software components and their problems
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•In its latest study, the Linux Foundation’s Core Infrastructure Initiative discovered just how prevalent open-source components are in all software and their shared problems and vulnerabilities. …read more Source:: Linux
Reproductive genome from the laboratory
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•Researchers have for the first time developed a genome the size of a minimal cell that can copy itself. …read more Source:: Science
Warming, acidic oceans may nearly eliminate coral reef habitats by 2100
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•Rising sea surface temperatures and acidic waters could eliminate nearly all existing coral reef habitats by 2100, suggesting restoration projects in these areas will likely meet serious challenges, according to …read more Source:: Science
Red Hat finds enterprise users are adopting open-source software at a rapid pace
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•The Red Hat survey found that proprietary software usage is in decline as open-source software continues its take over of the enterprise software world. …read more Source:: Linux
Discovery at ‘flower burial’ site could unravel mystery of Neanderthal death rites
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•The first articulated Neanderthal skeleton to come out of the ground for over 20 years has been unearthed at one of the most important sites of mid-20th century archaeology: Shanidar …read more Source:: Science