Category: Unity
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Seeking the past in a Blue Lake...
Imagine a lake that's never been affected by climate change or any other man-made influences. Australian scientists say they have found just that—a remote lake whose crystal-clear waters seem to be in the same chemical state as they were about 7,500 years ago. [1] (even though I might ask: How do you know it is…
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Universe, the Computer...
Using a molecular dimmer switch that smoothly dials up glowing lights in bacteria, researchers can make calculators in living cells that add, subtract, divide, and even do logarithms. [1] These analog computations are much more powerful than those of previous, digital-based biological devices, says study author Timothy Lu, a synthetic biologist at MIT. We make…
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Jupiter, water, Whole...
Jupiter's atmosphere still contains water supplied by the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet impact. [1] Why is that "news"? How can anything "disappear"? Where is that abyss which frightens us? Don't we all share the same matter? Aren't we all part of the same Whole?
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Elusive information, ReDigi, Universe...
Α US judge has ruled that ReDigi, a company which allowed customers to resell their digital music "second hand", breached copyright. ReDigi billed itself as the first legal way to resell music bought online - but soon provoked the ire of record labels. It was sued by Capitol Records in January 2012, and on Monday…
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Cellular grids, tetractys, geo-locating, identifying...
Scientists say it is remarkably easy to identify a mobile phone user from just a few pieces of location information. Whenever a phone is switched on, its connection to the network means its position and movement can be plotted. This data is given anonymously to third parties, both to drive services for the user and…
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