The latest long-term support version of Ubuntu Linux, Focal Fossa, is one good-looking cat with nice features for desktop, server, and cloud users. …read more Source:: Linux
Day: April 23, 2020
Insects: Largest study to date finds declines on land, but recoveries in freshwater
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•A worldwide compilation of insect abundance studies shows the number of land-dwelling insects is in decline. On average, there is a global decrease of 0.92 percent per year, which translates …read more Source:: Science
How birds evolved big brains
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•Evolutionary biologists and paleontologists have reconstructed the evolution of the avian brain using a massive dataset of brain volumes from dinosaurs, extinct birds like Archaeopteryx and the great auk, and …read more Source:: Science
‘Designer virus’ is first new oral polio vaccine in 50 years
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•Virologists report promising Phase 1 clinical results for the first new oral polio vaccine in 50 years, which they have designed to be incapable of evolving the ability to cause …read more Source:: Science
Key nose cells identified as likely COVID-19 virus entry points
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•Two specific nose cell types have been identified as likely initial infection points for COVID-19 coronavirus. Scientists discovered that goblet and ciliated cells in the nose have high levels of …read more Source:: Science
Google’s Flutter: 2 million developers, uptick in enterprise use, new release model revealed
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•Google adopts new update model for its Flutter user-interface framework to improve stability. …read more Source:: Linux