Kenyan rockhound finds oldest known stone tool
Sammy Lokorodi, a resident of Kenya's northwestern desert who works as a fossil and artifact hunter, is credited with finding the oldest stone tool...
Fixing poverty by migrating to Mars
Going to Mars, either to explore or, perhaps, to stay us all the rage these days. An eventual NASA expedition to Mars is the...
Study proves flies can tell the time of day
A study that was investigating how most animals can tell what time of day it is even if the animal cannot see the Sun...
Detroit Zoo ships snails to Tahiti to repopulate endangered species
In a statement released Tuesday,the Detroit Zoo announced that it had sent one-hundred land snails to Tahiti to repopulate their native habitat. The snails...
First known warm-blooded fish discovered
Fisheries biologist Nicholas Wegner of NOAA Fisheries' Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla, California and colleagues are the first to prove that at...
Astronomers find first evidence of possible volcanic activity on an exoplanet
Discovering new exoplanets has become rather routine in the last few years, but determining just what conditions exist on any of them is naturally...
Enceladus’ water geysers may be ‘curtain eruptions’ according to new study
The water vapor geysers on Saturn’s moon Enceladus are one of the most fascinating phenomena in the Solar System; the jets spray far out...
Arachnologists discover color vision in jumping spiders
Not all animals, birds, or insects can see in color in any manner that is similar to human color vision. Scientists that study spiders,...
Acousticians prove that ‘natural sounds’ improve productivity and mood
A large majority of offices protect the privacy of conversations by using sound masking systems. Jonas Braasch, an acoustician and musicologist at the Rensselaer...
Ancient myth study proves musical taste is cultural
Culture and belief form the basis of what is considered to be acoustically and musically pleasing. The variety of modern music and the appreciation...
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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...
