The Origin of the Blinking Cursor
Long-time Slashdot reader jimminy_cricket shares a new article from the technology site Inverse exploring the origin of blinking cursors. They trace the invention to the 1960s and electronics engineer Charles Kiesling, a naval veteran of the Korean.....»»
The origin of Elon Musk"s feud with Bill Gates, according to Musk"s new biography
Bill Gates went to see Elon Musk in 2022, hoping to convince the fellow billionaire to give away more of his money -- the way the Microsoft founder had......»»
Telesat books 14 launches with SpaceX, bypassing Blue Origin and Relativity
Telesat books 14 launches with SpaceX, bypassing Blue Origin and Relativity.....»»
Migration in West Africa: New study on Nigeria shows the ambivalence of biometric ID systems
Most states in West Africa lack reliable data on the number and origin of migrants living within their borders. Rulers often exploit this lack of clarity in a way that consolidates their own position of power. Biometric ID technologies play a key rol.....»»
"Origin" trailer promises another moving film from director Ava DuVernay
With "Origin," director Ava DuVernay adapts Isabel Wilkerson's "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents." At first glance, Isabel Wilkerson's best-selling nonfiction book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents — an expansive examination of g.....»»
The origin and functional diversification of the Pert-Arnt-Sim (PAS) domain—an intracellular sensor
Signal transduction and perception regulates biological activities to adapt to changing environments. The Pert-Arnt-Sim domains are commonly available sensors found across diverse receptors in bacteria, eukaryotes, and archaea. However, the extent of.....»»
Apple launches third "Impact Accelerator" for training minority-owned businesses
Leaders from 12 Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and Indigenous-owned firms all working on green technology and clean energy, have been selected for an intensive training on working with Apple's supply chain.New Impact Accelerator cohort (Source: Apple)Origin.....»»
Oceanic waves represent fundamental challenges in nonlinear science, say mathematicians
The instability of Stokes waves (steady propagating waves on the surface of an ideal fluid with infinite depth) represents a fundamental challenge in the realm of nonlinear science. A team of researchers recently identified the origin of breaking oce.....»»
New type of star gives clues to mysterious origin of magnetars
Magnetars are the strongest magnets in the universe. These super-dense dead stars with ultra-strong magnetic fields can be found all over our galaxy but astronomers don't know exactly how they form......»»
Arithmetic has a biological origin: It"s an expression in symbols of the "deep structure" of our perception
Everyone knows that arithmetic is true: 2 + 2 = 4......»»
Decoding how molecules "talk" to each other to develop new nanotechnologies
Two molecular languages at the origin of life have been successfully recreated and mathematically validated, thanks to pioneering work by Canadian scientists at Université de Montréal......»»
Scientists outline a new strategy for understanding the origin of life
What were the first life forms like? In a new perspective article, scientists describe a strategy for answering this question by studying the earliest evolution of electron transport chains, a universal metabolic strategy with a very ancient history......»»
Rocket Report: Astra layoffs; next SLS core stage needs repairs
What are Blue Origin's 11,000 employees doing? Enlarge / A technician works on part of the Space Launch System rocket’s core stage for Artemis II in this March 2023 image. (credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker) Welcome to Edi.....»»
Study ties fracking to another type of earthquakes
New research confirms fracking causes slow, small earthquakes or tremors, whose origin was previously a mystery to scientists. The tremors are produced by the same processes that could create large, damaging earthquakes......»»
Small-molecule autocatalysis may have paved the way for the emergence of evolution by natural selection
The discipline of systems chemistry deals with the analysis and synthesis of various autocatalytic systems and is therefore closely related to the study of the origin of life, since it investigates systems that can be considered as a transition betwe.....»»
Ancient DNA reveals an early African origin of cattle in the Americas
Cattle may seem like uniquely American animals, steeped in the lore of cowboys, cattle drives and sprawling ranches. But cattle didn't exist on the American continents prior to the arrival of the Spanish, who brought livestock with them from Europe b.....»»
Experimental constraints on the viscosity of the Earth"s inner core
Although many geodynamical mechanisms have been proposed regarding the origin of the observed complex structure of Earth's inner core, no clear consensus has been reached. This is partly due to the lack of accurate knowledge of the viscosity in the i.....»»
3D models to study the origin of Linya, the prehistoric woman who lived in the Pyrenean foothills
The 2023 excavation campaign has just finished at the Cova Gran rockshelter in Santa Linya (Lleida), where Alfonso Benito Calvo, a geologist at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) has been collaborating since 200.....»»
Using gemstones" unique characteristics to uncover ancient trade routes
Since ancient times, gemstones have been mined and traded across the globe, sometimes traveling continents from their origin. Gems are geologically defined as minerals celebrated for beauty, strength, and rarity. Their unique elemental composition an.....»»
Bees likely evolved from ancient supercontinent, earlier than suspected
The origin of bees is tens of millions of years older than most previous estimates, a new study shows......»»
New insights into the origin of the Indo-European languages
An international team of linguists and geneticists led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig has achieved a significant breakthrough in our understanding of the origins of Indo-European, a family of lan.....»»