Research: Peering into Little Foot’s 3.67 million-year-old brain —
First ever endocast reconstruction of the nearly complete brain of the hominin known as Little Foot reveals a small brain combining ape-like and...
Research: The discovery in China of fossil specimens of a flower called Nanjinganthus from...
Scientists have described a fossil plant species that suggests flowers bloomed in the Early Jurassic, more than 174 million years ago, according to...
Research: Ancient Japanese pottery includes an estimated 500 maize weevils —
Researchers have discovered an ancient Japanese pottery vessel from the late Jomon period (4500-3300 BP) with an estimated 500 maize weevils incorporated into...
Research: Tiny implantable device short-circuits hunger pangs, aids weight loss —
More than 700 million adults and children worldwide are obese, according to a 2017 study that called the growing number and weight-related health...
Research: Explaining differences in rates of evolution —
The rate at which evolution produces new species of plants and animals, or at which existing species die out, is a subject of...
Research: Space telescope detects water in a number of asteroids —
Using the infrared satellite AKARI, a Japanese research team has detected the existence of water in the form of hydrated minerals in a...
Research: A silver bullet to fix waste energy issues —
A team of researchers led by Osaka University developed an inexpensive large-scale flexible thermoelectric generator (FlexTEG) module with high mechanical reliability for highly...
Research: Status-health connection depends, in part, on what it takes to get ahead —
A growing body of evidence shows that those at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder are more likely to die prematurely than those...
Research: New discovery pushes origin of feathers back by 70 million years —
An international team of palaeontologists, which includes the University of Bristol, has discovered that the flying reptiles, pterosaurs, actually had four kinds of...
Research: The gene helping submerged plants —
Climate change threatens plants as the risks of flooding increase. A new study from Stockholm University shows that special genes are key to...
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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...
