A key question for climate scientists in recent years has been whether the Atlantic Ocean’s main circulation system is slowing down, a development that could have dramatic consequences for Europe …read more Source:: Science
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What is open source software? Open source and FOSS explained
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•By Josh Fruhlinger Underlying every piece of software you use is source code that issues the commands and handles the data that allow the software to do what it does. The question of …read more Source:: OpenSource
Chimpanzees’ working memory similar to ours
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•Some scientists argue that working memory is particularly developed in humans. But how do chimpanzees, one of our closest relatives, compare? Researchers set out to answer this question. …read more Source:: Science
Scientists stimulate neurons to induce particular perceptions in mice’s minds
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•Hallucinations are spooky and, fortunately, fairly rare. But, a new study suggests, the real question isn’t so much why some people occasionally experience them. It’s why all of us aren’t …read more Source:: Science
How predatory plankton created modern ecosystems after ‘Snowball Earth’
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•Around 635 to 720 million years ago, Earth was twice almost completely covered by ice. The question of how life survived these ‘Snowball Earth’ glaciations has puzzled scientists for many …read more Source:: Science
Where did the hot Neptunes go? A shrinking planet holds the answer
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•‘Where did the hot Neptunes go?’ This is the question astronomers have been asking for a long time, faced with the mysterious absence of planets the size of Neptune. Researchers …read more Source:: Science
Gault site research pushes back date of earliest North Americans
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•Archaeological evidence has increasingly called into question the idea of ‘Clovis First.’ Now, a study has dated a significant assemblage of stone artifacts to 16-20,000 years of age, pushing back …read more Source:: Science
Early life experiences influence DNA in the adult brain
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•In the perennial question of nature versus nurture, a new study suggests an intriguing connection between the two. Scientists report that the type of mothering a female mouse provides her …read more Source:: Science
‘New life form’ answers question about evolution of cells
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•Bacteria and Archaea must have evolved from the putative Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA). One hypothesis is that this happened because the cell membrane in LUCA was an unstable mixture …read more Source:: Science