CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – An unmanned SpaceX rocket was poised for launch from Florida on Monday to send a cargo ship to the International Space Station, then turn around …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Hello Geode: Pivotal GemFire is now open source
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Making good on its promise from earlier in the year, Pivotal has released as open source the distributed in-memory database that powers GemFire, a featured part of Pivotal’s Big Data …read more Source:: OpenSource
Facebook gives in on patent grant
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•By Simon Phipps Late Friday, Facebook announced it’s finally giving in to pressure from the open source community and fixed its open source patent grant. While most …read more Source:: OpenSource
Accelerating universe? Not so fast
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•Astronomers have found that the type of supernovae commonly used to measure distances in the universe fall into distinct populations not recognized before. The findings have implications for our understanding …read more Source:: Science
Giant sea lizards in the age of dinosaurs: A new beginning for baby mosasaurs
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•They weren’t in the delivery room, but researchers have discovered a new birth story for a gigantic marine lizard that once roamed the oceans. Thanks to recently identified specimens, paleontologists …read more Source:: Science
Dell XPS 13 Linux developer edition available
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•Do you want a top-notch Linux developer laptop? Then Dell has several systems for you to consider. …read more Source:: Linux
Stars with the chemical clock on hold
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•Astrophysicists have discovered a group of red giant stars for which the ‘chemical clock’ does not work: according to their chemical signature, these stars should be old. Instead, they appear …read more Source:: Science
Fears over Roundup herbicide residues prompt private testing
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•(Reuters) – U.S. consumer groups, scientists and food companies are testing substances ranging from breakfast cereal to breast milk for residues of the world’s most widely used herbicide on rising …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Panama debate fueled by zircon dating
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•New evidence by geologists dates the closure of an ancient seaway at 13 to 15 million years ago and challenges accepted theories about the rise of the Isthmus of Panama …read more Source:: Science
Exceptionally preserved fossil gives voice to ancient terror bird
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•A new species of South American fossil terror bird called Llallawavis scagliai or, ‘Scaglia’s Magnificent Bird’ is shedding light on the diversity of the group and how these giant extinct …read more Source:: Science