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Read More »Google’s Pixel 3 Makes an Appearance in Open Source Code
It seemed like a foregone conclusion there would be a phone later this year called the “Pixel 3,” but you never can tell with Google. Today, that seems like an even safer bet. As is tradition, the first hints of Google’s next flagship smartphone have appeared in the Android open …
Read More »There Won’t Be a New Mac Pro Until 2019
Apple power users have been left without a modern desktop computer for a long time now. The last update to Apple’s Mac Pro was way back in 2013, and five years later, they’ll have to keep on waiting. Apple confirms it’s looking at 2019 as the right time to launch …
Read More »Western Digital Launches New M.2 SSD With Monster Performance and Modest Price
You can get a sizable chunk of SSD storage in your computer for a very reasonable price right now, but mechanical hard drives are still a better deal when you need a terabyte or more. If performance is of primary importance, then an SSD is the only option. Western Digital has …
Read More »VR and Now AR Medical Solutions Are Gaining Ground in Hospitals
At the same time consumer purchases of AR and VR devices have reached something of a disappointing plateau, those technologies are finding an increasing number of homes in industry. One field where various forms of augmented experiences are gaining ground is medicine. That was clear at Stanford’s recent symposium on …
Read More »CERN Determines the Color of Antimatter
Modern physics is a little fuzzy on the very earliest moments of the universe, but our greatest thinkers hypothesize that the universe was equal parts matter and antimatter at the very beginning. We’re all matter, though, and no one is sure why antimatter is so rare now. As part of …
Read More »Lunar X Prize Will Continue Without a Cash Prize
About a decade ago, the X Prize Foundation partnered with Google to kick off the Google Lunar X Prize. The challenge offered cash prizes totaling $30 million to teams of engineers and scientists aiming to land an unmanned rover on the moon. However, the prize expired last week without being …
Read More »Study Documents First Observation of Bonobos Sharing Meat with Neighbors
Bonobos (Pan paniscus) are willing to share meat with members of neighboring communities. This unusual behavior, documented in a study in the journal Human Nature, was observed recently in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). African breadfruit (Treculia africana) sharing: a party is gathered around the owner (a male). …
Read More »Researchers Identify Hundreds of Mutations outside of Coding Genes that Influence Tumor Gene Expression
Scientists have for the first time linked mutations located outside of coding genes to changes in tumor gene expression, aiding the development of future diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. Zhang et al utilized sequencing databases to identify hundreds of mutations in DNA sequences outside of coding genes, paving the way for …
Read More »C-Flap Helmet Helping MLB Players Save Their Face
After being hit in the face by a pitch that ended his 2014 season, he wore a football-style face mask in 2015 but switched to the C-Flap in 2016 and has continued to wear it since then, primarily against right-handed pitchers. For decades, a player would wear a C-Flap only …
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