Research: Common beetle’s gut microbiome benefits forests, holds promise for bioenergy —
Insects are critical contributors to ecosystem functioning, and like most living organisms their co-evolution with microbes has been essential to support these functions....
Research: Kepler Space Telescope’s first exoplanet candidate confirmed —
An international team of astronomers, led by University of Hawaii graduate student Ashley Chontos, announced the confirmation of the first exoplanet candidate identified...
Research: How to train your robot (to feed you dinner) —
About 1 million adults in the United States need someone to help them eat, according to census data from 2010.
It's a time-consuming and...
Research: Massive twin star discovered snuggling close to its stellar sibling —
Astronomers have discovered a binary star system with the closest high-mass young stellar objects ever measured, providing a valuable "laboratory" to test theories...
Research: New nitrogen source in Arctic —
Scientists have revealed that the partnership between an alga and bacteria is making the essential element nitrogen newly available in the Arctic Ocean....
Research: New species of stiletto snake capable of sideways strikes discovered in West Africa...
Following a series of recent surveys in north-western Liberia and south-eastern Guinea, an international team of researchers found three stiletto snakes which were...
Research: New method of scoring protein interactions mines large data sets from a fresh...
Researchers from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have created a novel way to define individual protein associations in a quick, efficient, and...
Research: Horseshoe crabs are really relatives of spiders, scorpions —
Blue-blooded and armored with 10 spindly legs, horseshoe crabs have perhaps always seemed a bit out of place.
First thought to be closely related...
Research: Listening to quantum radio —
Researchers at Delft University of Technology have created a quantum circuit that enables them to listen to the weakest radio signal allowed by...
Research: Renaissance for artisanal mortar —
To adapt mortar to new building materials and industrial methods, the content in walls and plaster changed during the 20th century. The change...
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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...
