Research: Coral larvae use sound to find a home on the reef —
Choosing a place to call home is one of the most consequential choices a coral can make. In the animal's larval stage, it...
Research: New foldable drone flies through narrow holes in rescue missions —
Inspecting a damaged building after an earthquake or during a fire is exactly the kind of job that human rescuers would like drones...
Research: Method could illuminate features of biological tissues in low-exposure images —
Small imperfections in a wine glass or tiny creases in a contact lens can be tricky to make out, even in good light....
Research: New technique to identify groupers by their sounds —
Eavesdropping on groupers mating in their natural habitats isn't creepy. In fact, it's imperative to ensuring their survival. For years, scientists have used...
Research: Tipping point identified in soil’s ability to retain moisture after fire —
Fire and water. Timeless, opposing forces, they are actually linked in powerful ways that can have major impacts on communities and ecosystems.
The 2011...
Research: Erosion reshapes urban stream beds to become a series of hypoxia-prone pools —
Hypoxic dead zones, which occur when dissolved oxygen levels in water drop so low that fish and other aquatic animals living there suffocate,...
Research: ICESat-2 reveals profile of ice sheets, sea ice, forests —
Less than three months into its mission, NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2, is already exceeding scientists' expectations. The satellite...
Research: Alaska earthquakes offer new insight into improving hazard assessment —
The 2016 Iniskin earthquake (magnitude 7.1) that shook Anchorage, Alaska, was captured by the seismometers of the EarthScope Transportable Array. This data is...
Research: The plant whose sex life fascinated Charles Darwin —
Researchers have genetically transformed the Common Primrose (Primula vulgaris) for the first time in a development that could shed light on one of...
Research: Stronger pesticide regulations likely needed to protect all bee species, say studies —
Pesticide regulations designed to protect honeybees fail to account for potential health threats posed by agrochemicals to the full diversity of bee species...
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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...
