Research: Fluorescent pink flying squirrel in UV light at night —
The North American flying squirrel fluoresces pink at night under ultraviolet light, but the purpose of the pink color is still a mystery...
Research: Effects of electrical stimulation of cingulum bundle —
Neuroscientists at Emory University School of Medicine have discovered a focal pathway in the brain that when electrically stimulated causes immediate laughter, followed...
Research: Poor diet may have caused nosedive in major Atlantic seabird nesting colony —
The observed population crash in a colony of sooty terns, tropical seabirds in one of the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs), is partly due...
Research: MERMAIDs reveal secrets from below the ocean floor —
Seismologists use waves generated by earthquakes to scan the interior of our planet, much like doctors image their patients using medical tomography. Earth...
Research: An unusual and steady speed —
Earthquakes happen when rocks on either side of a tectonic fault shift suddenly in opposite directions. Two main seismic waves that carry shaking...
Study: Mysterious island that formed in the Pacific Ocean
A mysterious island that formed four years ago in the southern Pacific Ocean appears to be here to stay, according to NASA scientists..
The miracle...
Research: Method allows cheap and fast transfer of disease-resistance genes —
A global alliance of researchers has pioneered a new method to rapidly recruit disease-resistance genes from wild plants for transfer into domestic crops....
Research: Where do the best strawberries grow? Scientists investigate positive effects of hedgerows on...
Agricultural production benefits enormously from flower-visiting bees and other flower-visiting insects. Because of their supply of flowering plants and opportunities for nesting, hedgerows...
Research: Early spring rain boosts methane from thawing permafrost by 30 percent —
Arctic permafrost is thawing as the Earth warms due to climate change. In some cases, scientists predict that this thawing soil will release...
Research: Retreating snow line reveals organic molecules around young star —
Astronomers using ALMA have detected various complex organic molecules around the young star V883 Ori. A sudden outburst from this star is releasing...
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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...
