I grew up in a low-tech household. My dad only replaced something if it caught fire. We owned about 15 cars (mostly Humber 80s), and 13 of them were used to keep the other two running. Same story for tractors and any other farm equipment you care to name. Dad’s basic...
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Seattle-based project to make librarians Wikipedia stars wins $250K in Knight News Challenge
The Seattle office of the Online Computer Library Center has been awarded $ 250,000 as one of the winners of the Knight News Challenge on Libraries...
Widespread transmission of independent cancer lineages within multiple bivalve species
Most cancers arise from oncogenic changes in the genomes of somatic cells, and while the cells may migrate by metastasis, they remain within that single individual. Natural transmission of cancer cells from one individual to another has been observed in two distinct cases in mammals (Tasmanian devils and dogs), but these are generally considered to be rare exceptions in nature. The discovery of transmissible...
GeekWire Trivia: Win tickets to ‘Lord of the Rings’ at the Seattle Symphony
Our GeekWire Trivia Challenge is back as part of this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast, featuring a chance to win a pair of tickets to the Seattle Symphony’s July 17 performance of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring...
China’s powerful new rocket makes a successful debut launch
China's developing space program took another major step forward on Saturday with the launch of its Long March 7 rocket, a new class of booster capable of lifting up to 13.5 metric tons to low-Earth orbit (LEO). The primary...
Survey: Container management tops concerns among DevOps personnel
The most challenging aspect of using containerized applications is managing them, according to half of the 711 DevOps staffers surveyed by container-management firm Cloud Foundry.
Among the 53 percent of the respondents saying they were either trying or using containers, 38 percent said monitoring them was a challenge, and 36 percent...
Cancer: Transmissible tumours under the sea
In some species, cancer cells can be directly transmitted between individuals. An analysis in shellfish now shows that some transmissible cancers can even cross the species barrier.
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Nature Latest Research STRATEGIES FOR A COMPANY’S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. IP protection is a part of your business strategy and matches your commercial goals. A simple IP strategy...Computer science demand soars at UW, surpasses business as top choice among incoming freshmen
Computer Science & Engineering has become the leading “first-choice” major among confirmed incoming freshmen at the University of...
To mitigate poverty, Y Combinator set to launch minimum income plan
OAKLAND, Calif.—Earlier this month, Y Combinator, the famed Silicon Valley incubator dropped a bombshell: it had selected this city to be the home of its new "Basic Income" pilot project, to start later this year.
The idea is pretty simple. Give some people a small amount of money per month, no strings attached, for...