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The deep sea is home to fish species that can detect various wavelengths of light in near-total darkness. Unlike other vertebrates, they have...
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The galaxy is littered with planetary systems vastly different from ours. In the solar system, the planet closest to the Sun -- Mercury,...
Research: Oldest known trees in eastern North America documented —
A recently documented stand of bald cypress trees in North Carolina, including one tree at least 2,624 years old, are the oldest known...
Research: Historical records show what leads lions to hunt porcupines and what happens when...
Not much can mess with a lion. They're four-hundred-pound top predators, bringing down large prey like wildebeests, zebras, and even giraffes. But they're...
Research: Wild red deer contribute to the preservation of open landscapes —
Similar to farm animals such as cattle or sheep, wild red deer grazing in open landscapes can also contribute to the conservation of...
Research: Paper wasps capable of behavior that resembles logical reasoning —
A new University of Michigan study provides the first evidence of transitive inference, the ability to use known relationships to infer unknown relationships,...
Research: The bird that came back from the dead —
New research has shown that the last surviving flightless species of bird, a type of rail, in the Indian Ocean had previously gone...
Research: Star formation burst in the Milky Way 2-3 billion years ago —
A team led by researchers of the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB, UB-IEEC) and the Besançon Astronomical Observatory...
Research: Water flea can smell fish and dive into the dark for protection —
Water fleas -- or Daphnia -- ensure their survival by reacting to a signal substance of their predators (fish) with flight. The zoologist...
Research: Radioactive carbon from nuclear bomb tests found in deep ocean trenches —
Radioactive carbon released into the atmosphere from 20th-century nuclear bomb tests has reached the deepest parts of the ocean, new research finds.
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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...
