Study: Long-living tropical trees play outsized role in carbon storage
A group of trees that grow fast, live long lives and reproduce slowly account for the bulk of the biomass -- and carbon storage...
Report: New minor planets found beyond Neptune
Using data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES), researchers have found more than 300 trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), minor planets located in the far reaches...
Report: New formation theory explains the mysterious interstellar object ‘Oumuamua
Since its discovery in 2017, an air of mystery has surrounded the first known interstellar object to visit our solar system, an elongated, cigar-shaped...
Study: Better Predicting the Unpredictable Byproducts of Genetic Modification
Researchers are interested in genetically modifying trees for a variety of applications, from biofuels to paper production. They also want to steer clear of...
Study: Two primate lineages crossed the Atlantic millions of years ago
Four fossilized monkey teeth discovered deep in the Peruvian Amazon provide new evidence that more than one group of ancient primates journeyed across the...
Study: Revolutionary new method for dating pottery sheds new light on prehistoric past
A team at the University of Bristol has developed a new method of dating pottery which is allowing archaeologists to date prehistoric finds from...
Report: Dinosaur ‘Easter eggs’ reveal their secrets in 3D thanks to X-rays
An international team of scientists led by the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, has been able to reconstruct, in the smallest details,...
Study reveals surprising complexity of ancient ostrich egg trade
An international team of specialists, led by the University of Bristol, is closer to cracking a 5,000-year-old mystery surrounding the ancient trade and production...
Scientists revisit Hubble’s breathtaking Pillars of Creation photo
Human eyes can see only a small portion of the range of radiation given off by the objects around us. We call this wide...
Madiha Choksi using 3D printing to produce PPE for fight coronavirus
In response to the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) as hospitals and clinics scramble to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, librarians at Columbia...
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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...
