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By drilling holes into a thin two-dimensional sheet of hexagonal boron nitride with a gallium-focused ion beam, University of Oregon scientists have created...
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If you've ever tended a garden or potted a plant, you know a few simple truths about green things -- they require water...
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A Cornell researcher, who is a leader in developing a new type of gene editing CRISPR system, and colleagues have used the new...
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Known to science since 1857, a common species of true frog (a "true frog" is one assigned to the family Ranidae), found from...
Research: Conservationists discover hidden diversity in ancient frog family —
Research scientists led by the University of Kent have uncovered hidden diversity within a type of frog found only in the Seychelles, showing...
Research: Ancient ‘Texas Serengeti’ had elephant-like animals, rhinos, alligators and more —
During the Great Depression, some unemployed Texans were put to work as fossil hunters. The workers retrieved tens of thousands of specimens that...
Research: Millions of children worldwide develop asthma annually due to traffic-related pollution —
About 4 million children worldwide develop asthma each year because of inhaling nitrogen dioxide air pollution, according to a study published today by...
Research: Driving a wedge into historic gaps of climate science —
Evidence of historic marine life present in Alaskan permafrost is helping scientists reconstruct ancient changes in the ice cover over the Arctic Ocean.
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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...
