Report: ESO telescope sees surface of dim Betelgeuse — Tdnews
Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have captured the unprecedented dimming of Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the constellation of Orion. The...
In a first, astronomers watch a black hole’s corona disappear, then reappear (Study)
It seems the universe has an odd sense of humor. While a crown-encrusted virus has run roughshod over the world, another entirely different corona...
Research: Lake Erie algal blooms ‘seeded’ internally by overwintering cells in lake-bottom sediments —
Western Lake Erie's annual summer algal blooms are triggered, at least in part, by cyanobacteria cells that survive the winter in lake-bottom sediments,...
Research: Engineered light to improve health, food —
People who believe light-emitting diodes, or LEDS, are just an efficient upgrade to the ordinary electric light bulb are stuck in their thinking,...
Research: Sharp bends make rivers wander —
Left to their own devices and given enough time, rivers wander, eroding their banks and leaving their old channels behind. It's a behavior...
Research: Scientists find clue to ‘maternal instinct’ —
Oxytocin is widely referred to as the love hormone and plays an important role in the regulation of social and maternal behavior. In...
Research: New earthquake risk model could better inform disaster planning —
Researchers have developed a new way to model seismic risk, which they hope will better inform disaster risk reduction planning in earthquake-prone areas.
The...
Research: Set in amber, fossil ants help reconstruct evolution of fungus farming —
Some 50 million years before humans figured it out, agriculture arrived in the world in a seemingly unlikely place: an ant hill.
Eschewing wheat...
Research: Australian study into how seals react to boats prompts new ecotourism regulations —
Unable to differentiate between a predator and a tourist boat carrying humans curious to view a colony of seals while resting in their...
Research: 11,500-year-old animal bones in Jordan suggest early dogs helped humans hunt —
11,500 years ago in what is now northeast Jordan, people began to live alongside dogs and may also have used them for hunting,...
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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...
