Berkeley engineers develop first working color-changing film
An extremely thin film that changes color much like a chameleon changes color has been developed by Chang-Hasnain and a group of engineers at...
Anti-robot protest breaks out at Austin technology conference
Science fiction writers have been exploring the societal implications of human-like robots from time immemorial. The late, great Isaac Asimov suggested, in his series...
Biologists reveal blue-blooded octopus oxygen transport secrets
Several species of Antarctic octopi have blue blood. The blue blood is caused by an excessive amount of the pigment haemocyanin that also allows...
Baby praying mantises jump and land but do not spin
Most infant insects, adult insects, and many mammals including some humans cannot jump from a platform to another platform and control the spin or...
Yale researchers discover what causes the marijuana munchies
Most people that have used marijuana have experienced the phenomenon of almost uncontrollable hunger brought on by smoking pot known as the munchies. Tamas...
New Horizons sends back new photos of Pluto on Clyde Tombaugh’s birthday
As the New Horizons spacecraft continues speeding toward its rendezvous with Pluto this summer, it has just sent back new photos of the dwarf...
Massive alien ring system is much larger than Saturn’s, and may contain exomoons
Astronomers this week announced yet another mind-boggling finding: a ring system which orbits a distant giant planet has been found to be much larger...
Gargantuan guinea pig ancestor was a tusk fighter
Dr. Philip Cox, of the Centre for Anatomical and Human Sciences at the University of York in Britain, and colleagues reported an analysis of...
Do Pluto and Charon share the same atmosphere?
Atmospheres are, of course, a common feature of planets and even some moons. Most of the planets in our solar system and a few...
First true venomous frogs found in Brazil
Two species of frogs that produce venom that is as deadly as the venom produced by pit vipers and have a specialized head structure...
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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...
