Research: Fires fueled spread of grasslands on ancient Earth —
Ancient wildfires played a crucial role in the formation and spread of grasslands like those that now cover large parts of the Earth,...
Research: Injectable material made of nanoscale particles can deliver arthritis drugs throughout cartilage —
Osteoarthritis, a disease that causes severe joint pain, affects more than 20 million people in the United States. Some drug treatments can help...
Research: Fossil algae reveal 500 million years of climate change —
Earth scientists are able to travel far back in time to reconstruct the geological past and paleoclimate to make better predictions about future...
Research: Atomic clocks now keep time well enough to improve models of Earth —
Experimental atomic clocks at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have achieved three new performance records, now ticking precisely enough to...
Research: First risk genes for ADHD found —
A major international collaboration headed by researchers from the Danish iPSYCH project, the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital, SUNY...
Research: North American checklist identifies the fungus among us —
Some fungi are smelly and coated in mucus. Others have gills that glow in the dark. Some are delicious; others, poisonous. Some spur...
Research: Predators drive Nemo’s relationship with an unlikely friend —
Predators have been identified as the shaping force behind mutually beneficial relationships between species such as clownfish and anemones.
The finding results from a...
Research: Genetic mutation drives tumor regression in Tasmanian Devils —
Washington State University scientists have discovered genes and other genetic variations that appear to be involved in cancerous tumors shrinking in Tasmanian devils.
Their...
Research: The potentially deadly bacterium that’s on everyone’s skin —
Forget MRSA and E. coli, there's another bacterium that is becoming increasingly dangerous due to antibiotic resistance -- and it's present on the...
Research: Detective mission to characterize and trace the history of a new African meteorite...
Researchers from Wits and colleagues from the University of Antananarivo in Madagascar are on a "detective mission" to describe, classify and trace the...
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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...
