Research: Wax helps plants to survive in the desert —
In 1956, the Würzburg botanist Otto Ludwig Lange observed an unusual phenomenon in the Mauritanian desert in West Africa: he found plants whose...
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....
Research: Jumping drops get boost from gravity —
A decade ago a new idea was brought into the general scientific community -- shedding water from condensers was more efficient by using...
Research: The chemical refinement of radiocarbon dating —
Art forgeries have been around since time immemorial. However, the art market is booming and commercialisation has increased apace. As a result, some...
Research: Flows that help bacteria feed and organize biofilms —
Under threat of being scrubbed away with disinfectant, individual bacteria can improve their odds of survival by joining together to form colonies, called...
Research: Mating habits provide new insight into the ‘mating march’ —
A new species of Surazomus, which belongs to the class Arachnida and the order Schizomida, has been discovered in the eastern Amazon, according...
NASA Ready to Start Building Its Asteroid-Bound Psyche Spacecraft
Now just a year and a half from launch, the mission to explore a metal-rich asteroid will soon begin assembling and testing the spacecraft.
NASA's...
Research: Design for system that provides solar- or wind-generated power on demand should be...
MIT engineers have come up with a conceptual design for a system to store renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, and...
Research: Scientists explore tick salivary glands as tool to study virus transmission, infection —
The salivary glands of some tick species could become important research tools for studying how viruses are transmitted from ticks to mammals, and...
Research: Global levels of biodiversity could be lower than we think, new study warns...
Biodiversity across the globe could be in a worse state than previously thought as current biodiversity assessments fail to take into account the...
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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...
