Research: Increased dust loads result in decreased chewing efficiency in chimpanzees —
In their study, the researchers collected feces from chimpanzees living at Taï National Park, Ivory Coast, and analyzed chewing efficiency during dry and...
Research: Migrating snowline plays outsized role in setting pace of Greenland ice melt —
In a finding that may help scientists better predict sea-level rise in a warming world, Brown University researchers have found an underappreciated factor...
Research: Researchers aim for spintronic applications thanks to great leap forward —
Electric currents drive all our electronic devices. The emerging field of spintronics looks to replace electric currents with what are known as spin...
Research: The largest sacrifice of its kind known from the Americas was associated with...
A mass sacrifice at a 15th century archaeological site in Peru saw the ritual killing of over 140 children and over 200 llamas,...
Research: Dinosaurs were thriving before asteroid strike that wiped them out —
Dinosaurs were unaffected by long-term climate changes and flourished before their sudden demise by asteroid strike.
Scientists largely agree that an asteroid impact, possibly...
Research: Impact of urbanization on wild bees underestimated —
Wild bees are indispensable pollinators, supporting both agricultural productivity and the diversity of flowering plants worldwide.
But wild bees are experiencing widespread declines resulting...
Research: Scientists decipher protein structure after more than fifty years of research —
Viruses depend on host cells for replication, but how does a virus induce its host to transcribe its own genetic information alongside that...
Research: Some worms recently evolved the ability to regrow a complete head —
An international group of researchers including biologists from the University of Maryland found that at least four species of marine ribbon worms independently...
Research: Sleep increases chromosome dynamics that clear out DNA damage accumulated during waking hours...
Why do animals sleep? Why do humans "waste" a third time of their lives sleeping? Throughout evolution sleep has remained universal and essential...
Research: Special diet with compounds contained in green tea and carrots restored working memory...
A diet containing compounds found in green tea and carrots reversed Alzheimer's-like symptoms in mice genetically programmed to develop the disease, USC researchers...
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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...
