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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.
Nature doi: 10.1038/nature18455
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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...
The auto engineering marvels at the Lane Motor Museum are ridiculously cool
When Ars was invited to do a test drive of the 2016 Chevrolet Cruze in Nashville, we wanted to make the most of our trip down south. Between playing the tourist by looking for live music and eating hot chicken, we made a stop at...
GeekWork Picks: Stealth-mode software startup Amperity seeks Site Reliability Engineer
Amperity, the stealth-mode enterprise software company from startup vets Kabir Shahani and Derek Slager, is now seeking a Site Reliability Engineer following a $ 9 million funding round earlier this year. Shahani and Slager are among the co-founders...
Video: SpotMini robot will clean up your house — when it’s not slipping on banana peels
The latest robot dog-like thing from Boston Dynamics — that we would totally want but be totally afraid of — is called SpotMini and in the the last day or so you’ve probably seen a GIF...
Computational neuroscience: Species-specific motion detectors
A range of neuronal mechanisms can enable animals to detect the direction of visual motion. Computational models now indicate that a factor as simple as eye size might explain some of this diversity.
Nature doi: 10.1038/nature18454
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