The ancestors of both mammals and birds became warm-blooded at the same time, some 250 million years ago, in the time of the end-Permian mass extinction, according to new research from the University of Bristol. Posture shift at the end of the Permian period, 252 million years ago. Before the …
Read More »Astronomers switch on globe-spanning Event Horizon Telescope
You’ve probably seen many images over the years that represent a black hole, but none of them are actually images of a real black hole (including the one above). They’re all artist’s renderings, or possibly a real image of the superheated gas around a black hole. Astronomers around the world …
Read More »The Nintendo Switch is apparently warping while safely in its dock
Nintendo’s new hybrid handheld / living-room console is inevitably going to suffer more damage than its strictly living-room relatives; you don’t see too many people lugging a PlayStation 4 around with a built-in display, after all. A new report suggests that the Switch has problems over and above some intrinsic …
Read More »Teardowns confirm Nintendo Switch is built on standard Tegra X1 processor
Ever since Nintendo announced the Switch, it’s been cagey about the exact details of the platform. That’s nothing new for the company, which frequently goes out of its way to obfuscate its own hardware’s capabilities. But there’s been some question as to whether the Switch contained a bog standard Tegra …
Read More »More than 300 Cisco switch models vulnerable to CIA hack
A cache of CIA documents was dropped on the internet two weeks ago via WikiLeaks. It was a huge volume of data, some of which detailed CIA tools for breaking into smartphones and even smart TVs. Now, Cisco has said its examination of the documents points to a gaping security …
Read More »‘Molecular Switch’ that Causes Mucosal Autoimmune Diseases Discovered
According to an international team of researchers led by University College London and King’s College London, the discovery of a ‘molecular switch’ that causes the mucosal inflammatory diseases ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, and celiac disease, could lead to effective new treatments for these autoimmune conditions. The discovery is reported in …
Read More »Nintendo Switch launch event kicks off at 11 PM Thursday, pre-orders start Friday morning
Nintendo will unveil its Switch hardware this evening at 11 PM, with a small number of consoles up for pre-order beginning at 9 AM on Friday morning. We’ve heard a great many rumors about the platform, its capabilities, price, and battery life over the last few months, ever since Nintendo …
Read More »Researchers Discover Off-Switch for CRISPR-Cas9 System
A team of scientists at the University of California, San Francisco, has discovered a way to inactivate the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing system using newly identified bacteriophage proteins. The study was published on Dec. 29 in the online edition of the journal Cell. Four newly identified CRISPR-Cas9 inhibitor proteins encoded by Listeria …
Read More »Rime rated for PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC in Brazil
The Brazil Advisory Rating Board has rated Rime, the formerly Sony-owned PlayStation 4-exclusive from Tequila Works, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC. When we last heard from Rime, Tequila Works had announced that it partnered with Greybox and Six Foot to publish the game in 2017. More details …
Read More »Nintendo Switch And Super Mario Run Shown Off On Video
The new Nintendo Switch console will be shown off at a press event on the 13th of January and now Nintendo has shown their new console off on the Jimmy Fallon show. You can see the new Nintendo Switch in action in the video below and we also get to …
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