Research: Modern-day crocodiles and alligators came from variety of surroundings —
A new study throws into question the notion that today's crocodiles and alligators have a simple evolutionary past.
Previous research has pointed to crocodiles...
Research: Stellar winds, the source material for the universe, are clumpy —
Data recorded by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory of a neutron star as it passed through a dense patch of stellar wind emanating from...
Research: What it takes to be a giant shark —
In a paper published by Evolution, research led by Swansea University's Dr Catalina Pimiento and co-authored by an international team of scientists from...
Research: The first tendril-like soft robot able to climb —
Researchers at IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia obtained the first soft robot mimicking plant tendrils: it is able to curl and climb, using the...
Research: Interplay of twisting magnetic field, ‘negative-energy’ particles —
Black holes are known for their voracious appetites, binging on matter with such ferocity that not even light can escape once it's swallowed...
Research: Scientists tackle breeding challenges of land mine-finding rats —
Thousands of people -- many of them children -- are hurt or killed by land mines each year, so finding these devices before...
Research: Major northeastern U.S. snowstorms expected to continue with climate change —
Even though climate change is expected to reduce the total amount of U.S. snowfall this century, it's unlikely to significantly rein in the...
Research: Tasmanian devil cancer unlikely to cause extinction, say experts —
A new study of Tasmanian devils has revealed that a transmissible cancer which has devastated devil populations in recent years in unlikely to...
Research: A new role for heterochromatin —
Although many people are aware that chromosomal damage and shortening contribute to the aging process, understanding how chromosomal defects occur is about more...
Research: Making the Hubble’s deepest images even deeper —
To produce the deepest image of the Universe from space a group of researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) led...
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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...