Researchers discover new deepest known point on land
Researchers have plumbed the deepest depths ever discovered on land, and it lies beneath an Antarctic glacier.
As part of the BedMachine Antarctica project, a...
Research: Feeding strategy strongly influences their size cap, but all whales depend on rich...
At 100 feet long and weighing more than 100 tons, blue whales are the largest creatures to have evolved on the planet. Other...
Research: Deadly ‘superbugs’ destroyed by molecular drills —
Molecular drills have gained the ability to target and destroy deadly bacteria that have evolved resistance to nearly all antibiotics. In some cases,...
Research: Researchers reconstruct spoken words as processed in nonhuman primate brains —
A team of Brown University researchers has used a brain-computer interface to reconstruct English words from neural signals recorded in the brains of...
Research: Breakthrough in Zika virus vaccine —
Researchers from the University of Adelaide have made significant advances in developing a novel vaccine against Zika virus, which could potentially lead to...
Research: Why are giant pandas born so tiny? New clues from bones put an...
Born pink, blind, and helpless, giant pandas typically weigh about 100 grams at birth -- the equivalent of a stick of butter. Their...
Research: Rapanui people likely believed the ancient monoliths helped food grow on the Polynesian...
Rapa Nui (or Easter Island, as it is commonly known) is home to the enigmatic Moai, stone monoliths that have stood watch over...
Research: How some cancers resist chemotherapy —
Mitochondria, tiny structures present in most cells, are known for their energy-generating machinery. Now, Salk researchers have discovered a new function of mitochondria:...
Researchers create ‘self-cleaning surface that repels superbugs’
Researchers at McMaster University in Canada have developed a self-cleaning surface that can repel all forms of bacteria, an advance that may lead to...
Study: Deepest point of earth’s continents found in Antarctica
An international team of glaciologists has revealed the most accurate portrait yet of the contours of the land beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet.
The Antarctic topographic...
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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...
