The extreme environment of Mono Lake was thought to only house two species of animals — until now. …read more Source:: Science
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Most massive neutron star ever detected, almost too massive to exist
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•Astronomers have discovered the most massive neutron star to date, a rapidly spinning pulsar approximately 4,600 light-years from Earth. This record-breaking object is teetering on the edge of existence, approaching …read more Source:: Science
Newly discovered comet is likely interstellar visitor
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•A newly discovered comet has excited the astronomical community this week because it appears to have originated from outside the solar system. The official confirmation that comet C/2019 Q4 is …read more Source:: Science
A face for Lucy’s ancestor
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•Researchers have discovered a remarkably complete 3.8-million-year-old cranium of Australopithecus anamensis at Woranso-Mille in Ethiopia. The 3.8 million-year-old fossil cranium represents a time interval between 4.1 and 3.6 million years …read more Source:: Science
Physicists mash quantum and gravity and find time, but not as we know it
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•Researchers say they have discovered ‘a new kind of quantum time order’. The discovery arose from an experiment the team designed to bring together elements of the two big — …read more Source:: Science
Scorpion toxin that targets ‘wasabi receptor’ may help solve mystery of chronic pain
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•Researchers have discovered a scorpion toxin that targets the ‘wasabi receptor,’ a chemical-sensing protein found in nerve cells that’s responsible for the sinus-jolting sting of wasabi. Because the toxin triggers …read more Source:: Science
New molecule could help improve heart attack recovery
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•Reparative medicine scientists have discovered a new compound that could shield heart tissue before a heart attack, as well as preserve healthy cells when administered after a heart attack. …read more Source:: Science
First cells may have emerged because building blocks of proteins stabilized membranes
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•Scientists have discovered that the building blocks of proteins can stabilize cell membranes. This finding may explain how the first cells emerged from the primordial soup billions of years ago: …read more Source:: Science
KDE rips out ability for KConfig to run shell code
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•The feature that a researcher discovered could be used to execute malicious code had no actual use case. …read more Source:: Linux
TESS satellite uncovers ‘first nearby super-Earth’
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•NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a mission designed to comb the heavens for exoplanets, has discovered its first potentially habitable world outside of our own solar system — and …read more Source:: Science