Research: Genome of Japanese insect delicacy sheds light on history of Earth —
Japanese scientists have shed light on the evolutionary biology and distribution of Stenopsyche caddisflies, also known as sedge flies, a common insect in...
Research: How bird feather patterns form —
Feathers evolved in dinosaurs and are a key characteristic of birds today. They are arranged in a precise hexagonal pattern in a bird's...
Research: Piece to the puzzle of baleen whales’ evolution —
An Otago researcher has added another piece to the puzzle of the evolution of modern baleen whales with a world-first study examining the...
Research: Witnessing violence in high school as bad as being bullied —
Students who witness violence in school at age 13 are at later risk of psycho-social and academic impairment at age 15, according to...
Research: The speediest quantum operation yet —
A group of scientists led by 2018 Australian of the Year Professor Michelle Simmons has achieved the first two-qubit gate between atom qubits...
Research: What made humans ‘the fat primate’? Changes in DNA packaging curbed our body’s...
Blame junk food or a lack of exercise. But long before the modern obesity epidemic, evolution made us fat too.
"We're the fat primates,"...
Research: New sub-species of pilot whale identified in Pacific Ocean —
Short-finned pilot whales are found over a wide swath of the world's oceans, with habitats in the Indian, and Pacific, and North Atlantic...
Astronauts perform spinner tricks in space (Watch)
NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station have introduced the world’s most popular toy to outer space.
That moment when spinner got to the space,...
Australian astronomers spotted something strange in space and can’t explain it
Australian astronomers have found some never-see-before objects in space, tentatively titled ‘odd radio circles’ (ORCs).
According to the researchers, the objects are unlike anything seen...
Research: More ships and more clouds mean cooling in the arctic —
With sea ice in the Arctic melting at an alarming rate, opportunities for trans-Arctic shipping are opening up, and by mid-century ships will...
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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...
