Paleontologists have long wondered what the earliest dinosaur relatives looked like. Most assumed that they would look like dwarf dinosaurs and walk on two legs. The discovery of Teleocrater rhadinus, however, has overturned popular predictions. A reconstruction of Teleocrater rhadinus feasting on a relative of early mammals. Image credit: Mark …
Read More »Want to Retire Early? Here Are 8 Tips to Make it Happen ASAP
Retiring early is a dream for many Americans, but one that few are sure they’ll be able to reach. About half of Americans retire early — between the ages of 61 and 65. (that’s a full five to six years before full retirement age as defined by the Social Security …
Read More »Clearview makes early statement
As one of the first major tournaments of the year in New Jersey high school golf, the Garden State Cup is an excellent way for teams to see how they measure up against the rest of the state. The Pioneers shot 318 as a team to take sixth place in …
Read More »Ancient DNA Reveals Genetic Continuity between Early Holocene, Modern Populations in Northwest North America
According to a new analysis of nuclear DNA from ancient individuals, many of today’s indigenous peoples living in southern Alaska and coastal British Columbia are descendants of the first humans to make their home in northwest North America more than 10,000 years ago (early Holocene epoch). A study by John …
Read More »Uber details early steps to change culture, and ongoing COO search
Uber held a special press call on Tuesday, hosted by board member Arianna Huffington and staffed with three of its highest ranking female staff, including North American operations lead Rachel Holt, Chief HR officer Liane Hornsey and company comms lead Rachel Whetstone. The call was pretty clearly an attempt to …
Read More »Raiders sitting out early free agency
Through two days of free agency, the Oakland Raiders have lost seven of their 13 unrestricted free agents to other teams and have yet to sign one away from another squad, let alone re-sign any of their own. Quarterback Derek Carr, right, says he’s confident in the course coach Jack …
Read More »Oscillons, Gravitational Wave Factories in Very Early Universe
A team of theoretical physicists at the University of Basel, Switzerland, has found that in the very early Universe, so-called oscillons — strong localized fluctuations of the inflaton field — can act as ‘gravitational wave factories.’ According to Antusch et al, oscillons produced a characteristic peak in the otherwise broad …
Read More »Early cancer detection startup GRAIL closes on $900 million in Series B funding
Life sciences startups need a whole lot more cash than most and that’s certainly true for GRAIL, a cancer detection startup trying to figure out a way to find the “emperor of all maladies” much earlier through blood testing technology. The startup, which spun out of genomics company Illumina announced …
Read More »Jump Into Spring 2017 Early With The Season’s Vivid Yellow Eyeshadow
Photo: lovestey.mua on Instagram While the great outdoors is currently home to fierce, howling winds and frost, the calendar indicates that the weeks of winter are quickly slipping by. If you’re ready for Spring 2017 like most of us, embracing the season’s makeup trends can help you upgrade your dark wintertime …
Read More »Early Windows 10 Game Mode testing shows performance regressions, minimal improvement
Ever since Game Mode surfaced as an upcoming Windows 10 feature, we’ve been curious to see what the new mode would offer as far as performance and capability. Microsoft has given guidance that the feature could give players an extra 2-5% frame rate in general, and while that’s not much, …
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