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rfmcdonald ([personal profile] rfmcdonald) wrote2017-09-23 04:11 pm

[NEWS] Four science links: Neanderthals, oceans and computers, Brazil rainforest, water on Vesta


  • Neanderthals, like contemporary humans, had the sort of prolonged childhoods which lend themselves to intelligence. National Geographic reports.

  • The cool chill water of oceans is starting to be used to cool data centres. VICE reports.

  • Brazil is set to embark on a substantial process to restore Amazonian rainforest. VICE reports.

  • The Dawn probe found evidence of subsurface ice on rocky asteroid-belt protoplanet Vesta. Universe Today reports.