Research: Clues to how birds began to fly —
For the first time, researchers have measured what is known as the ground effect of flying animals -- and it turns out that...
Research: Researchers have observed an increased flow speed on the glacier and predict a...
Cracks in the floating ice tongue of Petermann Glacier in the far northwest reaches of Greenland indicate the pending loss of another large...
Research: Earliest known Mariner’s Astrolabe research —
Guinness World Records have independently certified an astrolabe excavated from the wreck site of a Portuguese Armada Ship that was part of Vasco...
Research: Instrument detects plasma density jump, confirming spacecraft has entered realm of the stars...
Voyager 1 has a companion in the realm of the stars.
Researchers at the University of Iowa report that the spacecraft Voyager 2 has...
Research: Finding upends scientific understanding of how granites form and what they can teach...
A team of scientists including Carnegie's Michael Ackerson and Bjorn Mysen revealed that granites from Yosemite National Park contain minerals that crystallized at...
Research: Whale songs’ changing pitch may be response to population, climate changes —
Blue whales around the world are singing a little flat, and scientists may now have more clues as to the reason why.
A new...
Research: Sierra snowpack could drop significantly by end of century —
A future warmer world will almost certainly feature a decline in fresh water from the Sierra Nevada mountain snowpack. Now a new study...
Research: Discovery of the oldest evidence of mobility on Earth —
An international and multi-disciplinary team coordinated by Abderrazak El Albani at the Institut de chimie des milieux et matériaux de Poitiers (CNRS/Université de...
Research: Alaska forest fires over past 450 years —
In a recent study, University of Montana researchers explored the ways forest succession and climate variability interacted and influenced fires in Alaska's boreal...
Research: ‘Scuba-diving’ lizard can stay underwater for 16 minutes —
A Costa-Rican lizard species may have evolved scuba-diving qualities allowing it to stay underwater for 16 minutes, according to faculty at Binghamton University,...
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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...
