Research: Establishing the molecular blueprint of early embryo development —
A team of biologists, physicists and mathematical modellers in Cambridge have studied the genetic activity of over 100,000 embryonic cells to establish the...
Research: Climate change is shifting productivity of fisheries worldwide —
Fish provide a vital source of protein for over half the world's population, with over 56 million people employed by or subsisting on...
Research: Using a taxonomic approach, scientists have re-identified the huge birds drawn on the...
A scientific approach has been used to re-identify huge birds etched into the desert plains of southern Peru around 2,000 years ago. The...
Report: NASA Planet Hunter Finds Earth-Size Habitable-Zone World
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first Earth-size planet in its star's habitable zone, the range of distances where conditions may...
Research: ALMA pinpoints the formation site of planet around nearest young star —
Researchers using ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) found a small dust concentration in the disk around TW Hydrae, the nearest young star. It...
Research: This protein is how creatures sense cold —
Researchers have identified a receptor protein that can detect when winter is coming.
The findings, scheduled for publication Aug. 29 in the journal Cell,...
Detroit Zoo ships snails to Tahiti to repopulate endangered species
In a statement released Tuesday,the Detroit Zoo announced that it had sent one-hundred land snails to Tahiti to repopulate their native habitat. The snails...
Virginia witch bottle, Civil War-era jug found on I-64
A glass jug found under the median of Interstate 64 in York County is believed to be a "witch bottle" left by Union soldiers...
Research: Certain microbes may reduce allergy-like reactions in many people —
Some aged cheeses cause allergy-like reactions in many people, but an Iowa State University scientist is working to identify bacteria that could reduce...
Research: Ubiquitous marine plants dissipate wave energy and could help protect vulnerable shorelines —
Most people's experience with seagrass, if any, amounts to little more than a tickle on their ankles while wading in shallow coastal waters....
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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...
