Research: DNA ‘dances’ in first explanation of how genetic material flows through a nucleus...
DNA flows inside a cell's nucleus in a choreographed line dance, new simulations reveal. The finding is the first large-scale explanation of genetic...
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: Carbon dioxide from Silicon Valley affects the chemistry of Monterey Bay —
MBARI researchers recently measured high concentrations of carbon dioxide in air blowing out to sea from cities and agricultural areas, including Silicon Valley....
Research: Adapt to living outside protected areas —
Research carried out into the impact of changes to chimpanzee habitats found they have adapted to human developments in a number of ways...
Research: For ocean species to survive climate change, large populations needed —
A Noah's Ark strategy will fail. In the roughest sense, that's the conclusion of a first-of-its-kind study that illuminates which marine species may...
Research: Anti-starvation trick that saved our ancestors may underlie obesity epidemic —
A molecular "trick" that kept our ancient ancestors from starving may now be contributing to the obesity epidemic, a new study finds.
In starvation...
Study: Teenage Tyrannosaurus rex bones reveal how they grew into ‘plodding’
Bones belonging to two “teenage” Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaurs provide fresh clues as to how these predators grew up to become “plodding, crushing monsters”, according...
Researchers Accidentally Create Paddlefish-Sturgeon Hybrid
Scientists mixed paddlefish sperm with sturgeon eggs because the fish seemed too dissimilar to form a hybrid.
“It was absolutely unintentional,” Attila Mozsár, co-author of...
Scientists revisit Hubble’s breathtaking Pillars of Creation photo
Human eyes can see only a small portion of the range of radiation given off by the objects around us. We call this wide...
Research: Astronomers find signatures of a ‘messy’ star that made its companion go supernova...
Many stars explode as luminous supernovae when, swollen with age, they run out of fuel for nuclear fusion. But some stars can go...
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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...
