Research: Did ancient supernovae prompt human ancestors to walk upright? —
Did ancient supernovae induce proto-humans to walk on two legs, eventually resulting in Homo sapiens with hands free to build cathedrals, design rockets...
Research: Jumping drops get boost from gravity —
A decade ago a new idea was brought into the general scientific community -- shedding water from condensers was more efficient by using...
Research: A warming Arctic produces weather extremes in our latitudes —
Atmospheric researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have now developed a climate model that can...
Research: Reaction turns carbon dioxide into molecular oxygen —
Science fiction stories are chock full of terraforming schemes and oxygen generators for a very good reason -- we humans need molecular oxygen...
Research: Exploring the origins of the apple —
Recent archaeological finds of ancient preserved apple seeds across Europe and West Asia combined with historical, paleontological, and recently published genetic data are...
Research: Ancient geologic structures may play future role —
The ROSETTA-Ice project, a three-year, multi-institutional data collection survey of Antarctic ice, has assembled an unprecedented view of the Ross Ice Shelf, its...
Research: Green monkeys’ alarm calls allow conclusions about the evolution of language —
Human language and communication skills are unique in the animal kingdom. How they developed in the course of evolution is being researched, among...
Research: Study predicts shift to smaller animals over next century —
Researchers at the University of Southampton have forecast a worldwide move towards smaller birds and mammals over the next 100 years.
In the future,...
Research: Neurodevelopmental condition can result from mutations in the noncoding regions of the human...
Leveraging artificial intelligence techniques, researchers have demonstrated that mutations in so-called 'junk' DNA can cause autism. The study, published May 27 in Nature...
Research: A family of comets reopens the debate about the origin of Earth’s water...
Where did the Earth's water come from? Although comets, with their icy nuclei, seem like ideal candidates, analyses have so far shown 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...
