New research is providing the most comprehensive picture of the evolutionary history of baleen whales, which are not only the largest animals ever to live on earth, but also among …read more Source:: Science
Paternal sperm may hold clues to autism
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•In a small study, researchers found that DNA from the sperm of men whose children had early signs of autism shows distinct patterns of regulatory tags that could contribute to …read more Source:: Science
Female chimps more inclined to use tools when hunting
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•Anthropologists have been observing savanna chimps using tools to hunt prey. After observing more than 300 tool-assisted hunts they found female chimps hunt with tools more than males. …read more Source:: Science
Review: Storm’s real-time processing comes at a price
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•By Steven Nunez Storm, a top-level Apache project, is a Java framework designed to help programmers write real-time applications that run on Hadoop clusters. Designed at Twitter, Storm excels at processing high-volume message …read more Source:: OpenSource
First signs of self-interacting dark matter? Dark matter may not be completely dark after all
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•For the first time dark matter may have been observed interacting with other dark matter in a way other than through the force of gravity. Observations of colliding galaxies made …read more Source:: Science
Orbital, GenCorp spar over cause of October rocket crash
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•COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) – Orbital ATK Inc and engine maker GenCorp Inc on Tuesday offered competing explanations for what caused the Oct. 28 explosion of Orbital’s Antares rocket, bound …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Heart chip beats toward better drug screening, personalized medicine
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•BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA – Bioengineers in California have developed a system that allows human heart cells to function outside the body, a development that could potentially prove a powerful tool …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
SpaceX rocket blasts off, then lands – too hard – on ocean barge
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An unmanned SpaceX rocket blasted off from Florida on Tuesday to send a cargo ship to the International Space Station, then flipped around and made a …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Spitzer, OGLE spot planet deep within our galaxy
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•NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has teamed up with a telescope on the ground to find a remote gas planet about 13,000 light-years away, making it one of the most distant …read more Source:: Science
Rocket startup unveils battery-powered engine for small sat launches
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•COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) – Rocket Lab, a privately-held company financed by weapons maker Lockheed Martin Corp and other high-tech investors, on Tuesday said its low-cost Electron launch system for …read more Source:: UKScienceNews