Report: Mystery of solar cycle illuminated
Solar activity fluctuates in a rhythm of about eleven years, which is reflected among other things in the frequency of sunspots. A complete magnetic...
Study: Monster black hole in early universe challenges theorists
Astronomers have discovered the second-most distant quasar ever found using three Maunakea Observatories in Hawai'i: W. M. Keck Observatory, the international Gemini Observatory, a...
Study: New approach drives bacteria to produce potential antibiotic, antiparasitic compounds
Researchers have developed a method to spur the production of new antibiotic or antiparasitic compounds hiding in the genomes of actinobacteria, which are the...
Report: Molecule that regulates two side effects of aging identified
Increasing abdominal girth and shrinking muscles are two common side effects of aging. Researchers at the University of Bonn have discovered a receptor in...
Study: Antisense oligonucleotide treatment cures Parkinson’s disease in mice
Xiang-Dong Fu, PhD, has never been more excited about something in his entire career. He has long studied the basic biology of RNA, a...
Researchers extract DNA of 9,500-year-old sled dog with surprising results
Sledge dogs are much older and have adapted to Arctic conditions much earlier than previously thought. In a new study from the QIMMEQ project,...
Black holes can produce light when they collide, says new research
When two black holes spiral around each other and ultimately collide, they send out ripples in space and time called gravitational waves. Because black...
Scientists Solve Mystery Of The 66-Million-Year-Old Egg Found In Antarctica
A 66-million-year-old fossil found in Antarctica almost ten years ago was recently found to be one of the biggest eggs ever recorded, researchers say.
In...
Saharan dust plume over the Atlantic seen from space
At NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, Colin Seftor, an atmospheric scientist, created an animation of the dust and aerosols from the...
Why moon’s ‘far side’ is so different from ‘near side’ (New Study)
Earth’s Moon has a ‘near side’ that is perpetually Earth-facing and a ‘far side’, which always faces away from Earth. The composition of the...
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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...
