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: Archaeologists recreate ancient brewing techniques to learn how beer kept an empire afloat...
A thousand years ago, the Wari empire stretched across Peru. At its height, it covered an area the size of the Eastern seaboard...
WHOI researcher dives to Challenger Deep (Study)
IMAGE: WHOI scientist Ying-Tsong (Y.T.) Lin emerges from the deep-sea submersible Limiting Factor...
Research: NASA spacecraft reaches most distant target in history —
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew past Ultima Thule in the early hours of New Year's Day, ushering in the era of exploration from...
Research: 2017 Cassini flyby allows first accurate estimate of weight and age of Saturn’s...
One of the last acts of NASA's Cassini spacecraft before its death plunge into Saturn's hydrogen and helium atmosphere was to coast between...
Research: How friendly mice can affect their lonely cagemates —
From the second we are born, humans start to develop social relationships with individuals and groups starting with parents, family and friends. Similarly,...
Research: Are brown dwarfs failed stars or super-planets? Astronomers find first signs they can...
Brown dwarfs fill the "gap" between stars and the much smaller planets -- two very different types of astronomical objects. But how they...
Research: Chewing gums reveal the oldest Scandinavian human DNA —
The first humans who settled in Scandinavia more than 10,000 years ago left their DNA behind in ancient chewing gums, which are masticated...
First complete dinosaur skeleton, found in 1858, finally gets its due Social Sharing
The first complete dinosaur skeleton ever identified has finally been studied in detail and found its place in the dinosaur family tree, completing a...
Research: The novel study applies reinforcement learning to set a course toward artificial intelligence...
The words "fly like an eagle" are famously part of a song, but they may also be words that make some scientists scratch...
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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...
