The largest virtual universe ever simulated

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Researchers from the University of Zurich have simulated the formation of our entire universe with a large supercomputer. A gigantic catalog of about 25 billion virtual galaxies has been generated from 2 trillion digital particles. This catalog is being used to calibrate the experiments on board the Euclid satellite, that will be launched in 2020 […]

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June 9, 2017 at 12:35AM

BOM : Hiding Australia’s Very Hot Past

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Australia used to be extremely hot. In 1896 Adelaide reached 111 degrees and Melbourne 112 degrees.

30 May 1896 – “SCOURGED.”

TimesMachine: August 18, 1896 – NYTimes.com

January temperatures at Bourke plummeted from the 1870s to the end of records in 1992.

In the US, NOAA hides the heat of the 1930’s by tampering with data, but BOM takes a different approach. They simply erase all pre-1910 temperatures.

Long-term temperature record: Australian Climate Observations Reference Network – Surface Air Temperature

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June 9, 2017 at 12:34AM

This 99-Million-Year-Old Bird Coexisted With Dinosaurs

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Ninety-nine million years ago, birds and dinosaurs ruled the earth. But what did those early birds look like? That’s been hard to prove—until now. Thanks to an amazing fossil find, a bird encased in Cretaceous-era amber from Malaysia is giving researchers a new look at a mysterious species of birds that existed during the time […]

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June 9, 2017 at 12:26AM

Microsoft confirms it has acquired Israeli cybersecurity startup Hexadite to bring AI to Windows 10 enterprise security

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Microsoft has confirmed recent reports that it has acquired Israeli cybersecurity startup Hexadite. Rumors first surfaced last month that Microsoft had snapped up Hexadite in a deal worth around $100 million, according to an article in local Israeli business publication the Calcalist, though Microsoft hasn’t officially disclosed terms of the deal. Founded in 2014, Hexadite connects to existing…

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June 9, 2017 at 12:20AM