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...
Research: Fruit flies can transmit their sexual preferences culturally, study shows —
Researchers from the CNRS and université Toulouse III -- Paul Sabatier (UT3) show that fruit flies possess all of the cognitive capacities needed...
Research: Effective new target for mood-boosting brain stimulation found —
Researchers have found an effective target in the brain for electrical stimulation to improve mood in people suffering from depression. As reported in...
Research: Oldest-known ancestor of modern primates may have come from North America, not Asia...
About 56 million years ago, on an Earth so warm that palm trees graced the Arctic Circle, a mouse-sized primate known as Teilhardina...
Research: Why do some plants live fast and die young? —
An international team led by researchers at The University of Manchester have discovered why some plants "live fast and die young" whilst others...
Research: Hubble uncovers thousands of globular star clusters scattered among galaxies —
Gazing across 300 million light-years into a monstrous city of galaxies, astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to do a comprehensive census...
Research: Lizards adapt to invasive fire ants, reversing geographical patterns of lizard traits —
Some lizards in the eastern U.S. have adapted to invasive fire ants -- which can bite, sting, and kill lizards -- reversing geographical...
Research: In China’s Loess Plateau, soil moisture makes a difference —
When you think of China, do you think of potatoes? Maybe not, but in the Loess Plateau region of northwestern China, potato is...
Research: 22 new moth species from across Europe —
Following a long-year study of the family of twirler moths, an Austrian-Danish research team discovered a startling total of 44 new species, including...
Research: Stone tools linked to ancient human ancestors in Arabia have surprisingly recent date...
Beginning more than 1.5 million years ago, early humans made stone handaxes in a style known as the Acheulean -- the longest lasting...
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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...
