Common domestic cats, as we know them today, might have accompanied Kazakh pastoralists as pets more than 1,000 years ago. This is indicated by new analyses done on an almost …read more Source:: Science
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‘Elegant’ solution reveals how the universe got its structure
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•The universe is full of billions of galaxies — but their distribution across space is far from uniform. Why do we see so much structure in the universe today and …read more Source:: Science
Ancient shell shows days were half-hour shorter 70 million years ago
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•Earth turned faster at the end of the time of the dinosaurs than it does today, rotating 372 times a year, compared to the current 365, according to a new …read more Source:: Science
Customer-driven open source is the future of software
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•By Matt Asay By some estimates there are roughly 190 million companies on earth today. Imagine if they were all contributing to open source. Of course, most of those companies aren’t in a …read more Source:: OpenSource
Solar power from ‘the dark side’ unlocked by a new formula
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•Most of today’s solar panels capture sunlight and convert it to electricity only from the side facing the sky. If the dark underside of a solar panel could also convert …read more Source:: Science
Chrome, Edge, Safari hacked at elite Chinese hacking contest
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•China’s top white-hat hackers have gathered in Chengdu to test zero-days against today’s top software. …read more Source:: Linux
Linus Torvalds: ‘I’m not a programmer anymore’
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•In a discussion about Linux and programming, Linux’s founder, Linus Torvalds talks about what he does today and his own doubts about his work. …read more Source:: Linux
New data on the evolution of plants and origin of species
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•There are over 500,000 plant species in the world today. They all evolved from a common ancestor. How this leap in biodiversity happened is still unclear. Researchers now present the …read more Source:: Science
Microsoft once called Linux ‘a cancer,’ and that was a big mistake
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•Microsoft’s hostility to Linux has softened dramatically in recent years, but the scars from the war against Linux are still visible today. …read more Source:: Linux
The Transpolar Drift is faltering: Sea ice is now melting before it can leave the nursery
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•The dramatic loss of ice in the Arctic is influencing sea-ice transport across the Arctic Ocean. Today only 20 percent of the sea ice that forms in the shallow Russian …read more Source:: Science