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Females of a socially monogamous passerine, the Japanese great tit (Parus minor), become more promiscuous after hatchings fail in the first breeding attempt...
Research: How evolution lets stripes come and go —
A team of evolutionary biologists from the University of Konstanz, headed by Prof. Dr. Axel Meyer, discovers the genetic basis for the repeated...
Research: Machine learning detects importance of land stewardship in conservation policy —
At the southern tip of the Himalayas, farmers in the Kangra region of India's Himachal Pradesh graze cattle among rolling hills and forests....
Research: Common beetle’s gut microbiome benefits forests, holds promise for bioenergy —
Insects are critical contributors to ecosystem functioning, and like most living organisms their co-evolution with microbes has been essential to support these functions....
Research: Tiny deformations in the rubbed materials’ surfaces give rise to voltages —
Most people have experienced the hair-raising effect of rubbing a balloon on their head or the subtle spark caused by dragging socked feet...
Research: What’s eating these endangered orchids? How seed-feeding flies are threatening five orchid species...
A species of seed-feeding fly is critically damaging the seed production of multiple orchid species, as revealed by a group of Japanese researchers....
Research: Clues from a Somalian cavefish about modern mammals’ dark past —
After millions of years living in constant darkness, a species of blind cavefish found only in Somalia has lost an ancient system of...
Research: NASA retires Kepler Space Telescope —
After nine years in deep space collecting data that indicate our sky to be filled with billions of hidden planets -- more planets...
Research: Mosquito genome opens new avenues for reducing insect-borne disease —
The mosquito Aedes aegypti is a powerful, plentiful species: It populates six continents, can carry deadly viruses, and bites with abandon. But until...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
