Research: Is Antarctica becoming more like Greenland? —
Antarctica is high and dry and mostly bitterly cold, and it's easy to think of its ice and snow as locked away in...
Research: Smart car technologies save drivers $6.2 billion on fuel costs each year —
On one of the busiest traveling holidays of the year, drivers may be focusing on getting to grandma's house for Thanksgiving dinner, not...
Research: Hyena population recovered slowly from a disease epidemic —
Infectious diseases can substantially reduce the size of wildlife populations, thereby affecting both the dynamics of ecosystems and biodiversity. Predicting the long-term consequences...
Research: The taming of the dog, cow, horse, pig and rabbit —
Research at the Earlham Institute into one of the 'genetic orchestra conductors', microRNAs, sheds light on our selectively guided evolution of domestic pets...
Research: Frogs breed young to beat virus —
Frogs from groups exposed to a deadly virus are breeding at younger ages, new research suggests.
Scientists studying European common frogs in the UK...
Research: Mosquito genome opens new avenues for reducing insect-borne disease —
The mosquito Aedes aegypti is a powerful, plentiful species: It populates six continents, can carry deadly viruses, and bites with abandon. But until...
Research: Volcanoes and glaciers combine as powerful methane producers —
Large amounts of the potent greenhouse gas methane are being released from an Icelandic glacier, scientists have discovered.
A study of Sólheimajökull glacier, which...
Research: Precision neuroengineering enables reproduction of complex brain-like functions in vitro —
One of the most important and surprising traits of the brain is its ability to reconfigure dynamically the connections to process and respond...
Research: New computer model flags state areas ripe for preservation of native species —
As the IPCC warns that we have only 12 years to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by nearly half or risk significantly greater impacts...
Research: Powerful new map depicts environmental degradation across Earth —
A powerful new map by the University of Cincinnati illustrates one motivating force behind migrant caravans leaving Guatemala and Honduras to reach 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...
