Research: How the bumble bee got its stripes —
Researchers have discovered a gene that drives color differences within a species of bumble bees. This discovery helps to explain the highly diverse...
Research: Storing info in molecules, for millions of years —
Books can burn. Computers get hacked. DVDs degrade. Technologies to store information -- ink on paper, computers, CDs and DVDs, and even DNA...
Research: Harnessing sunlight to pull hydrogen from wastewater —
Hydrogen is a critical component in the manufacture of thousands of common products from plastic to fertilizers, but producing pure hydrogen is expensive...
Research: Human influence on global droughts goes back 100 years, NASA study finds —
Human-generated greenhouse gases and atmospheric particles were affecting global drought risk as far back as the early 20th century, according to a study...
Research: Narwhals have endured a million years with low genetic diversity, and they’re thriving...
Danish researchers have sequenced the genome of a narwhal, the Arctic whale famous for the horn-like tusk protruding from its forehead. Their work,...
Research: Denisovan mandible likely represents the earliest hominin fossil on the Tibetan Plateau —
Denisovans -- an extinct sister group of Neandertals -- were discovered in 2010, when a research team led by Svante Pääbo from the...
Research: New study sheds light on the rise of mammals —
A new study published April 30 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences identified three factors critical in the rise of...
Research: Shade trees provide some refuge among deforestation, species decline —
Over 11 field seasons, between 1999 and 2010, ornithologist Cagan Sekercioglu trekked through the forests and coffee fields of Costa Rica to study...
Research: Pesticide exposure causes bumblebee flight to fall short —
Bees exposed to a neonicotinoid pesticide fly only a third of the distance that unexposed bees are able to achieve.
Flight behaviour is crucial...
Research: Excessive rainfall as damaging to corn yield as extreme heat, drought —
Recent flooding in the Midwest has brought attention to the complex agricultural problems associated with too much rain. Data from the past three...
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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...
