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Cross-referencing a decade of Google searches and citizen science observations, researchers have determined which of 621 North American bird species are currently the...
Research: A biosynthetic dual-core cell computer —
Controlling gene expression through gene switches based on a model borrowed from the digital world has long been one of the primary objectives...
Research: Solving the mystery of fertilizer loss from Midwest cropland —
Farmers can't predict their annual corn harvest with certainty, but with the help of new research from Michigan State University, they can now...
Research: To protect stem cells, plants have diverse genetic backup plans —
Despite evolution driving a wide variety of differences, many plants function the same way. Now a new study has revealed the different genetic...
Research: What makes a jellyfish? —
Translucent jellyfish, colorful corals and waving sea anemones have very different bodies but all fall on the same big branch in the animal...
Research: New technique doubles resolution of angular size measurements —
Using the unique capabilities of telescopes specialised on cosmic gamma rays, scientists have measured the smallest apparent size of a star on the...
Research: The first-of-its-kind nanogenerator also acts as a weather station —
UCLA researchers and colleagues have designed a new device that creates electricity from falling snow. The first of its kind, this device is...
Research: High-speed ‘electron camera’ films molecular movie in HD —
With an extremely fast "electron camera" at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, researchers have made the first high-definition "movie" of...
Research: Phenols in purple corn fight diabetes, obesity, inflammation in mouse cells —
Scientists at the University of Illinois have developed new hybrids of purple corn containing different combinations of phytochemicals that may fight obesity, inflammation...
Research: Tiny fragment of a comet found inside a meteorite —
A tiny piece of the building blocks from which comets formed has been discovered inside a primitive meteorite. The discovery by a Carnegie...
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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...
