Research: For these birds, climate change spells a rise in fatal conflicts —
Researchers have found yet another way in which climate change has been detrimental to migrating birds. As European winters have become warmer, pied...
Research: Termites mitigate effects of drought in Tropical Rainforest —
Termites are commonly regarded as one of the most destructive insect pests, but in fact only 4% of the 3,000 termite species known...
Research: Recent observations show ocean heating in line with climate change models —
Berkeley -- Heat trapped by greenhouse gases is raising ocean temperatures faster than previously thought, concludes an analysis of four recent ocean heating...
Research: Murky water keeps fish on edge —
A study led by researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University found fish become anxious...
Research: Geoscientists reconstruct ‘eye-opening’ 900-year Northeastern U.S. climate record —
Deploying a new technique for the first time in the region, geoscientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have reconstructed the longest and...
Research: Cosmic telescope zooms in on the beginning of time —
Observations from Gemini Observatory identify a key fingerprint of an extremely distant quasar, allowing astronomers to sample light emitted from the dawn of...
Research: Leafcutter ants emit as much N2O as wastewater treatment tanks —
Tropical forests are one of the largest natural sources of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O), and a tiny insect may play a...
Research: Lifting the veil on star formation in the Orion Nebula —
The stellar wind from a newborn star in the Orion Nebula prevents more new stars from forming nearby. That is the result of...
Research: Pulse pattern suggests distant black hole must be spinning at least at 50...
On Nov. 22, 2014, astronomers spotted a rare event in the night sky: A supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy,...
Research: Milky Way-sized galaxy lacking galactic neighbors —
Long ago in a galaxy far, far away, fewer galaxies were born than expected -- and that could create new questions for galaxy...
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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...
