UBC student turns inventor to help brother with muscular dystrophy
A UBC student has put his education to a very personal use, designing a new system that allows his special needs brother to control...
Archaeology: Cultural diversity and racism in the Ancient World
Photo: Artefacts like these will be used as part of a new exhibit...
IceCube rules out last Standard Model explanation of ANITA’s anomalous neutrino events
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is possibly the strangest telescope on Earth. From its home at the South Pole, it sits and waits for fundamental...
Research: Exploiting epigenetic variation for plant breeding —
The sequence of genes passed on to daughter cells or offspring isn't the only factor that determines the traits of cells and organisms....
Research: Whale songs’ changing pitch may be response to population, climate changes —
Blue whales around the world are singing a little flat, and scientists may now have more clues as to the reason why.
A new...
Research: Scientists study organization of life on a planetary scale —
When we think of life on Earth, we might think of individual examples ranging from animals to bacteria. When astrobiologists study life, however,...
Research: Alaska forest fires over past 450 years —
In a recent study, University of Montana researchers explored the ways forest succession and climate variability interacted and influenced fires in Alaska's boreal...
Research: Researchers grow active mini-brain-networks —
Cerebral organoids are artificially grown, 3D tissue cultures that resemble the human brain. Now, researchers from Japan report functional neural networks derived from...
Researchers discover weird objects orbiting Milky Way’s central black hole
Scientists from the UCLA Galactic Center Orbits Initiative have discovered a new class of objects that are orbiting the supermassive black hole at the...
Research: Conservation dairy farming could help Pa. meet Chesapeake target —
If the majority of dairy farms in Pennsylvania fully adopt conservation best-management practices, the state may be able to achieve its total maximum...
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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...
