Like a treasure map, brain region emphasizes reward location (Study)
We are free to wander, but usually when we go somewhere it’s for a reason. In a new study, researchers at the Picower Institute...
Helping consumers in a crisis (Study)
A new study shows that the central bank tool known as quantitative easing helped consumers substantially during the last big economic downturn — a...
Identifying a melody by studying a musician’s body language (Study)
We listen to music with our ears, but also our eyes, watching with appreciation as the pianist’s fingers fly over the keys and the...
Hubble telescope spots a flapping bat signal in Outer Space
The latest images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope show cosmic shadows that resemble the flapping wings of a bat. According to researchers, the...
There’s Evidence Pluto Has an Underground Ocean, Researchers Say
The accretion of new material during Pluto's formation may have generated enough heat to create a liquid ocean that has persisted beneath an icy...
Researchers decode how the brain senses smell
Scientists have further decoded how mammalian brains perceive odors and distinguish one smell from thousands of others.
In experiments in mice, NYU Grossman School of...
Study: An experiment in recreating primordial proteins solves a long-standing riddle
What did the very first proteins look like -- those that appeared on Earth around 3.7 billion years ago? Prof. Dan Tawfik of the...
Researchers demonstrate quantum teleportation using electrons
"Beam me up" is one of the most famous catchphrases from the Star Trek series. It is the command issued when a character wishes...
Study: Viruses Can Create Human-Virus Chimeric Proteins
Like a scene out of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," a virus infects a host and converts it into a factory for making more...
Study: Diluting blood plasma helps achieve age-reversing effects in mice
In 2005, University of California, Berkeley, researchers made the surprising discovery that making conjoined twins out of young and old mice -- such that...
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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...
