NASA astronauts launch from America in historic test flight of SpaceX Crew Dragon (Study)
For the first time in history, NASA astronauts have launched from American soil in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft on its...
Why writing by hand makes kids smarter
Photo: Typing, clicking and watching occupy an increasing number of hours in the...
Research: Animals’ brain activity ‘syncs’ during social interactions —
Two papers publishing June 20 in the journal Cell show that Egyptian fruit bats and mice, respectively, can "sync" brainwaves in social situations....
Research: Gene therapy durably reverses congenital deafness in mice —
In collaboration with the universities of Miami, Columbia and San Francisco, scientists from the Institut Pasteur, Inserm, CNRS, Collège de France, Sorbonne University...
Research: Scientists unlock seed germination process —
Scientists have identified a key gene that helps seeds decide whether to germinate.
The MFT gene stops seeds germinating in the dark or under...
Study: DNA reveals 2,500-year-old Siberian warrior was a woman
In 1988, archaeologists from the RAS Institute for the History of Material Culture discovered a unique Scythian burial mound dating from the seventh century...
New collection of stars, not born in our galaxy, discovered in Milky Way (Study)
IMAGE: Still from a simulation of individual galaxies forming, starting at a time...
Research: Advance, made possible by tiny photonic implants, could lead to new treatments for...
It seems like everything is going wireless these days. That now includes efforts to reprogram the human genome.
A new University at Buffalo-led study...
Research: The birds are able to combine individual parts to form a long-distance reaching...
An international team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen, Germany, and the University of Oxford have revealed that...
Research: As humans evolved and expanded, so too did barn swallows —
The evolution of barn swallows, a bird ubiquitous to bridges and sheds around the world, might be even more closely tied to humans...
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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...
