Sweetgrass mosquito repellent found that is as good as DEET
Sweetgrass, Hierochloe odorata, has been known to repel mosquitoes for centuries. Native Americans first used the plant as an insect repellent. The chemicals that...
New mass grave in Germany shows extreme Neolithic violence
Many anthropologists and archaeologists argue that the beginning of farming as a way of life may have increased the inherent tendencies of man toward...
Modern baboons emerged in South Africa two million years ago
Baboons that are anatomically identical to modern baboons dwelt in South Africa between 2 million years ago and 2.4 million years ago according to...
Physicists get closer to the particle nature of dark energy than ever before
Dark energy is thought to make up 68 percent of all the energy in the known Universe and is responsible for the continual expansion...
Scientists find huge black hole that challenges cosmological theories
A team of astronomers announced that they have found a supermassive black hole that is about 12 billion times more massive than the Sun...
Alliance for Space Development to push reusable spacecraft and space settlements
The Alliance for Space Development, consisting of a number of space advocacy groups such as the National Space Society, the Space Frontier Foundation, and...
New study shows iron rain formed Earth’s core
The Earth’s iron core was formed by iron rain that fell on the liquid mantle when the Earth was first forming. These are the...
Physicists skin Schrodinger’s Cat and see light as a particle and a wave
Theoretical physics predicted that light existed as a particle and a wave at the same time since the time of Einstein and Schrodinger. The...
Recent evolution made some Peruvians immune to arsenic
A few populations of Native Americans that live in the Andes of Peru have evolved an immunity to toxic levels of arsenic. This is...
New method defines quantum state with 90 percent accuracy
The basic and often frustrating fact about quantum mechanics is that you cannot define the conditions of an individual particle without changing the state...
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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...
