A new study has revealed the size of the legendary giant shark Megalodon, including fins that are as large as an adult human. …read more Source:: Science
Has Earth’s oxygen rusted the Moon for billions of years?
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To the surprise of many planetary scientists, the oxidized iron mineral hematite has been discovered at high latitudes on the Moon. …read more Source:: Science
How to judge open-source projects
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We’d like to have an easy way of judging open-source programs. It can be done. But easily? Dream on!. …read more Source:: Linux
A ‘bang’ in LIGO and Virgo detectors signals most massive gravitational-wave source yet
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Researchers have detected a signal from what may be the most massive black hole merger yet observed in gravitational waves. The product of the merger is the first clear detection …read more Source:: Science
AWS introduces Bottlerocket: A Rust language-oriented Linux for containers
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There’s a new security-oriented Linux for containers in town from Amazon and its name is Bottlerocket. Instead of being built almost entirely in C, it includes many components written in …read more Source:: Linux
Researchers discover a specific brain circuit damaged by social isolation during childhood
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Researchers have identified specific sub-populations of brain cells in the prefrontal cortex, a key part of the brain that regulates social behavior, that are required for normal sociability in adulthood …read more Source:: Science
Do developers really care about open source?
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By Matt Asay FaunaDB founder Evan Weaver has a crazy thought. Even as open source projects like Linux and Kubernetes continue to thrive, he suggests that maybe, just maybe, “As long as …read more Source:: OpenSource
Genetics of the tree of life
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Baobab trees can live for more than a thousand years and provide food, livestock fodder, medicinal compounds, and raw materials. Scientists counted the significant tree’s chromosomes — information critical for …read more Source:: Science
Hubble maps giant halo around Andromeda Galaxy
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In a landmark study, scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have mapped the immense halo of gas enveloping the Andromeda galaxy, our nearest large galactic neighbor. …read more Source:: Science