Research: Effort clarifies major branch of insect tree of life —
The insects known as Hemiptera are not a particularly glamorous bunch. This group includes stink bugs, bed bugs, litter bugs, scale insects and...
Research: The touchdown marks the eighth time NASA has successfully landed a spacecraft on...
Mars has just received its newest robotic resident. NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander successfully touched down...
Research: Drones offer ability to find, ID and count marine megafauna —
New research from North Carolina State University demonstrates that consumer-grade drones are effective tools for monitoring marine species across multiple sites in the...
Research: Living electrodes with bacteria and organic electronics —
Adding bacteria to electrochemical systems is often an environmentally sensitive means to convert chemical energy to electricity. Applications include water purification, bioelectronics, biosensors,...
Research: This powerful eruption occurred in Deception Island 3,980 years ago and not 8,300...
A large volcanic eruption shook Deception Island, in Antarctica, 3,980 years ago, and not 8,300, as it was previously thought, according to an...
Research: Designing better catalysts for converting pollutant gas into useful products —
A team of scientists has discovered a single-site, visible-light-activated catalyst that converts carbon dioxide (CO2) into "building block" molecules that could be used...
Research: A toxic bullet involved in bacterial competition —
A bacterial toxin that allows an infectious strain of bacteria to defeat its competitors has been discovered by Imperial College London scientists.
The finding...
Research: New study sheds light on how cancer cells change their movements —
A new study by University of Minnesota biomedical engineers shows how they stopped cancer cells from moving and spreading, even when the cells...
Research: Sticky and heavily armed, a tomato-relative is the new ‘star’ of the Brazilian...
Armed with long thorns and sticky stems, newly described plant Solanum kollastrum might look like a villain by plant standards, but a closer...
Research: First insight into the ecology of a threatened rabbit —
The Annamite mountains of Vietnam and Lao PDR (Laos) harbour exceptional species richness and endemism, but its wildlife is under threat from widespread...
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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...
