It’s not just Google that’s trying to get a handle on earthquakes. The Linux Foundation and partners are working on an open-source earthquake early warning system as well. …read more Source:: Linux
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Why not the best? Red Hat vet Paul Cormier takes over as CEO
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•As former Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst moves over to reforming IBM, one of his right-hand people, Paul Cormer, takes over as Red Hat’s CEO and President. …read more Source:: Linux
How electricity-eating microbes use electrons to fix carbon dioxide
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•A phototrophic microbe called Rhodopseudomonas palustris takes up electrons from conductive substances like metal oxides or rust to reduce carbon dioxide. …read more Source:: Science
What it takes to be a giant shark
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•Have you ever wondered why the Megalodon shark became to be so big? Or wondered why some other sharks are much smaller? …read more Source:: Science
Ceph open-source storage takes an organizational step forward
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•Under the guidance of The Linux Foundation, the Ceph open-source project will now be directed by the Ceph Foundation. …read more Source:: Linux
Living organisms find a critical balance
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•Biologists know a lot about how life works, but they are still figuring out the big questions of why life exists, why it takes various shapes and sizes, and how …read more Source:: Science
Money only buys happiness for a certain amount
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•There is an optimal point to how much money it takes to make an individual happy, and that amount varies worldwide, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
Agricultural parasite takes control of host plant’s genes
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•Dodder, a parasitic plant that causes major damage to crops in the US and worldwide every year, can silence the expression of genes in the host plants from which it …read more Source:: Science
Crafty crows know what it takes to make a good tool
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•Biologists have discovered how New Caledonian crows make one of their most sophisticated tool designs — sticks with a neatly shaped hooked tip. New Caledonian crows are the only species …read more Source:: Science
Incomplete drought recovery may be the new normal
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•The amount of time it takes for an ecosystem to recover from a drought is an important measure of a drought’s severity. During the 20th century, the total area of …read more Source:: Science