Research: Resilience of Yellowstone’s forests tested by unprecedented fire —
In August 2016, areas of Yellowstone National Park that burned in 1988 burned again. Shortly after, in October 2016, ecologist Monica Turner and...
Research: Mothers’ presence influences the reproductive success of their adult sons —
In many social animal species individuals share child-rearing duties, but new research from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany,...
Research: New method to predict the vulnerability of ecosystems —
Natural ecosystems are as vulnerable as they are diverse. Environmental changes such as climate change, pollution or the spread of alien species can...
Research: Dietary cholesterol or egg consumption do not increase the risk of stroke, Finnish...
A new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows that a moderately high intake of dietary cholesterol or consumption of up to...
Research: Technology could enable new medical, industrial, environmental biosensors —
Rice University synthetic biologists have hacked bacterial sensing with a plug-and-play system that could be used to mix-and-match tens of thousands of sensory...
Research: Researchers are building animal-inspired sensors into the shells of aircraft, cars —
What if drones and self-driving cars had the tingling "spidey senses" of Spider-Man?
They might actually detect and avoid objects better, says Andres Arrieta,...
Research: How Earth’s mantle is like a Jackson Pollock painting —
In countless grade-school science textbooks, the Earth's mantle is a yellow-to-orange gradient, a nebulously defined layer between the crust and the core.
To geologists,...
Research: Profitable approach to cleaning the air —
A relatively simple process could help turn the tide of climate change while also turning a healthy profit. That's one of the hopeful...
Research: Giant impact caused difference between Moon’s hemispheres —
The stark difference between the Moon's heavily-cratered farside and the lower-lying open basins of the Earth-facing nearside has puzzled scientists for decades.
Now, new...
Research: Team of biologists, engineers and physicists uncover origins of precise cellular reproduction —
Working with bacteria, a multidisciplinary team at the University of California San Diego has provided new insight into a longstanding question in science:...
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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...
