Research: To image leaky atmosphere, NASA rocket team heads north —
On a frigid morning in early December, a team of NASA rocket scientists will huddle in the control room in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, a...
Research: Black hole ‘donuts’ are actually ‘fountains’ —
Based on computer simulations and new observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers have found that the rings of gas surrounding...
Research: Virtual reality could serve as powerful environmental education tool —
Utter the words "ocean acidification" in mixed company, and you'll probably get blank stares. Although climate change has grown steadily in the public...
Research: New tools illuminate mechanisms behind overlooked cellular components’ critical roles —
Creating new tools that harness light to probe the mysteries of cellular behavior, Princeton researchers have made discoveries about the formation of cellular...
Research: Biologists reveals origins of a distinctive fish feature —
If you ever find yourself staring down a manta ray, you'll probably notice two things right away: the massive, flapping fins that produce...
Research: Oldest stone artifacts and cutmarked bones in North Africa contemporary with archaeological materials...
A team of scientists led by Mohamed Sahnouni, archaeologist at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), has just published...
Research: New archaeological site revises human habitation timeline on Tibetan plateau —
Human ancestors first set foot on the interior of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau around 30,000-40,000 years ago, according to new research by scientists from...
Research: Mammal-like milk provisioning and parental care discovered in jumping spider —
Lactation is the production and secretion of milk for the young and is a mammalian attribute. However, there have been few examples of...
Research: Detailed observations of Greenland’s Jakobshavn Isbræ help explain dynamic tidewater glacier speedup and...
In August 2012, in the frigid wilderness of West Greenland, the Jakobshavn Glacier was flowing and breaking off into the sea at record...
Research: Newly described fossil whale in museum collections reveals a surprising intermediate step in...
Rivaling the evolution of feathers in dinosaurs, one of the most extraordinary transformations in the history of life was the evolution of baleen...
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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...
