Research: Removing toxic mercury from contaminated water —
Water which has been contaminated with mercury and other toxic heavy metals is a major cause of environmental damage and health problems worldwide....
Research: Presence of textile microfibers from washing machines in marine floors —
A study led by researchers of the UB quantifies the presence of textile microfibers in south European marine floors, from the Cantabrian Sea...
Research: Researchers are perfecting technology to one day look for signs of alien life...
Astronomers have gleaned some of the best data yet on the composition of a planet known as HR 8799c -- a young giant...
Research: A surprising wealth of novel giant viruses has been found in a soil...
Characterizing the diversity of microbial cells in a handful of soil is so complex it was considered impossible. To date, only a small...
Research: Eyes of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease patients show evidence of prions —
By the time symptoms of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) are typically discovered, death is looming and inevitable. But, in a new study, researchers...
Research: New discovery of light absorption law to help climate scientists build better models...
Soot belches out of diesel engines, rises from wood- and dung-burning cookstoves and shoots out of oil refinery stacks. According to recent research,...
Research: 4,000-year-old termite mounds found in Brazil are visible from space —
Researchers reporting in Current Biology on November 19 have found that a vast array of regularly spaced, still-inhabited termite mounds in northeastern Brazil...
Research: How female hyaenas came to dominate males —
In most animal societies, members of one sex dominate those of the other. Is this, as widely believed, an inevitable consequence of a...
Research: How to melt gold at room temperature —
When the tension rises, unexpected things can happen -- not least when it comes to gold atoms. Researchers from, among others, Chalmers University...
Research: Dogs know when they don’t know —
Researchers at the DogStudies lab at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History have shown that dogs possess some "metacognitive"...
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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...
