Research: Plastic pollution harms the bacteria that help produce the oxygen we breathe —
Ten per cent of the oxygen we breathe comes from just one kind of bacteria in the ocean. Now laboratory tests have shown...
Research: Treats might mask animal intelligence —
Rewards are frequently used to promote learning, but rewards may actually mask true knowledge, finds a new Johns Hopkins University study with rodents...
Research: Evolutionary backing found in analysis of mammalian vertebrae —
Differences in numbers of vertebrae are most extreme in mammals which do not rely on running and leaping, such as those adapted to...
Research: Study uncovers key mechanism that allows some of the world’s deadliest viruses to...
Viruses are masterful invaders. They cannibalize host cells by injecting their genetic material, often making thousands of copies of themselves in a single...
Research: New data platform illuminates history of humans’ environmental impact —
The human environmental footprint is not only deep, but old.
Ancient traces of this footprint can be found in animal bones, shells, scales and...
Research: Pseudomonas bacteria detect and respond to the speed (shear rate) of flowing fluids...
An all-Princeton research team has identified bacteria that can detect the speed of flowing fluids.
Many kinds of cells can sense flow, just as...
Research: Shrinking moon may be generating moonquakes —
The Moon is shrinking as its interior cools, getting more than about 150 feet (50 meters) skinnier over the last several hundred million...
Research: Nearly 5,000 new tomato genes mapped —
Almost everyone agrees that most store-bought tomatoes don't have much flavor. Now, scientists from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the Boyce Thompson...
Research: Centuries long seasonal record of El Niños from coral cores —
Australian scientists have developed an innovative method using cores drilled from coral to produce a world first 400-year long seasonal record of El...
Research: Smallest pixels ever created could light up color-changing buildings —
The smallest pixels yet created -- a million times smaller than those in smartphones, made by trapping particles of light under tiny rocks...
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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...
