Research: Biggest mass extinction caused by global warming leaving ocean animals gasping for breath...
The largest extinction in Earth's history marked the end of the Permian period, some 252 million years ago. Long before dinosaurs, our planet...
Research: Bacterial spores may be able to halt degradation by outcompeting other microbes —
What's a feast for the human eye may be a literal feast for microorganisms that colonize works of art, according to a new...
Research: Geckos combine surface tension with foot slapping to stay above water surface —
Geckos are renowned for their acrobatic feats on land and in the air, but a new discovery that they can also run on...
Research: Wild African fruit flies offer clues to their modern-day domestic life —
The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is quite possibly the most studied organism on the planet. Fruit flies are also quite familiar residents in...
Research: An ancient strain of plague may have led to the decline of Neolithic...
A team of researchers from France, Sweden, and Denmark have identified a new strain of Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes plague, in...
Research: Plants rely on their toxins not only to fend off caterpillars but also...
A team of scientists from the University of Bern (Switzerland) and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology and their partners have characterized...
Research: COSINE-100 experiment investigates dark matter mystery —
Yale scientists are part of a new international experiment that challenges previous claims about the detection of non-luminous dark matter.
Astrophysical evidence suggests that...
Research: Young aphids piggyback on adult aphids to get to safety faster —
Young aphids may ride on the backs of adult aphids to get back to the safety of a host plant quicker, according to...
Research: Greenland ice sheet melt ‘off the charts’ compared with past four centuries —
Surface melting across Greenland's mile-thick ice sheet began increasing in the mid-19th century and then ramped up dramatically during the 20th and early...
Research: 30 years of experimental evolution results in a new sex chromosome —
The laboratory of Professor Axel Meyer, University of Konstanz has published new findings of an experimental evolutionary project that ran for 30 years...
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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...
