Researchers Further Cowpea Research, Boost Crop Productivity
Crops grow dense canopies that consist of several layers of leaves—the upper layers with younger sun leaves and the lower layers with older shaded...
Greenland’s ice sheet has melted past the point of no return (Study)
Nearly 40 years of satellite data from Greenland shows that glaciers on the island have shrunk so much that even if global warming were...
Watch: A Successful Second Rehearsal Puts NASA’s OSIRIS-REx on a Path to Sample Collection
Yesterday, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft performed its final practice run of the sampling sequence, reaching an approximate altitude of 131 feet (40 meters) over sample...
Perseid meteor shower 2020: shooting stars set to rain down in annual spectacle
Skywatchers will be treated to one of the year’s biggest cosmic light shows overnight, with the Perseid meteor shower about to reach its peak.
The...
Researchers discover way to make quantum states last 10,000 times longer
A team of scientists at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering announced the discovery of a simple modification that allows quantum...
When will researchers learn to use fewer acronyms?
Scientists have analyzed 24 million scientific article titles and 18 million abstracts between 1950 and 2019, looking for trends in acronym use. Despite repeated...
New Study: Lander Exhaust Could Cloud Studies of Lunar Ices
A new study led by scientists at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, shows that exhaust from a midsized lunar...
Endangered large blue butterfly successfully reintroduced to UK
The globally endangered large blue butterfly has been successfully reintroduced at Rodborough Common in Gloucestershire in efforts to halt the worldwide decline of this...
Vectaerovenator inopinatus: New dinosaur related to T. rex discovered on Isle of Wight
A new study by Palaeontologists at the University of Southampton suggests four bones recently found on the Isle of Wight belong to new species...
Researchers see an earthquake boomerang back and forth
Researchers have tracked a 'boomerang' earthquake in the ocean for the first time, providing clues about how they could cause devastation on land.
Earthquakes occur...
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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...
