Study: German scientists compile world’s largest inventory of known plant species (TDnews)
Photo: Leipzig is host to the oldest botanical garden in Germany. On an...
Research: Dangerous protected reptiles —
The south-east Asian island state of East Timor has a problem with crocodiles. Between 2007 and 2014 there was a sharp increase in...
Research: Scientists find differentiating cells do not all respond the same when told to...
Rice University scientists have found significant differences between the methods signaling pathways use to prompt cells to differentiate -- that is, whether to...
Atmospheric: Anammox bacteria generate energy from wastewater while taking a breath
IMAGE: Anammox bacteria grew on the surface of an electrode and converted ammonium...
Research: Ancient virus defends koalas against new viral attacks —
The human genome is riddled with endogenous retroviruses -- little pieces of degraded and generally harmless retrovirus DNA passed down through the generations,...
Research: How the Southern Ocean may explain Holocene warming —
The oceans are the planet's most important depository for atmospheric carbon dioxide on time scales of decades to millenia. But the process of...
National tick surveillance survey identifies gaps to be filled
New Cornell-led research shows that inadequate funding is the main barrier to better surveillance and control...
Research: Animal taxonomy: Outwardly identical, yet distinct
All placozoans are superficially identical. But comparative genomic data reveals the presence of different genera. This is the first time that a new...
Terry Fox and the Marathon of Hope revolutionized cancer research in Canada
Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and raised in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, a community near Vancouver on Canada's west coast. An active...
AI senses people’s pose through walls — (research)
X-ray vision has long seemed like a far-fetched sci-fi fantasy, but over the last decade a team led by Professor Dina Katabi from...
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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...
