Researchers think they’ve found the earliest interbreeding event
For three years, anthropologist Alan Rogers has attempted to solve an evolutionary puzzle. His research untangles millions of years of human evolution by analyzing...
Research Suggests Early Humans Had Even More Interspecies Sex
Ancestors of Neandertals and Denisovans left Africa for Eurasia around 700,000 years ago and then interbred with a Homo population that had exited Africa...
Return of the whales to South Georgia (Reports)
A team led by British Antarctic Survey has just returned from the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, as the last of three expeditions to...
Hate speech dominates social media platform when users want answers on terrorism (Study)
Community question answering sites (CQAs) are social media platforms where users ask questions, answer those submitted by others, and have the option to evaluate...
Study: Watching TV helps birds make better food choices
Seeing the ‘disgust response’ in others helps them recognise distasteful prey by their conspicuous markings without having to taste them, and this can potentially...
Think all BPA-free products are safe? Not so fast, Researchers warn
Using "BPA-free" plastic products could be as harmful to human health -- including a developing brain -- as those products that contain the controversial...
Report: Findings may help health care professionals better assess those with autism, schizophrenia
UCLA researchers have found that it is possible to assess a person's ability to feel empathy by studying their brain activity while they are...
Report: Simple, fuel-efficient rocket engine could enable cheaper
It takes a lot of fuel to launch something into space. Sending NASA's Space Shuttle into orbit required more than 3.5 million pounds of...
Report: Methane emitted by humans vastly underestimated — Tdnews
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and large contributor to global warming. Methane emissions to the atmosphere have increased by approximately 150 percent over...
Report: Earthquakes disrupt sperm whales’ ability to find food
Otago scientists studying sperm whales off the coast of Kaikōura discovered earthquakes affect their ability to find food for at least a year.
The University...
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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...
