Research: Tiny thorn snail discovered in Panama’s backyard —
Discoveries of biodiversity at the Lilliputian scale are more tedious than it is for larger animals like elephants, for example. Furthermore, an analysis...
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Rising ocean temperatures are putting fur seal pups at greater risk of death from hookworm infections, according to new findings published in eLife.
The...
Research: Nobody wins in a landslide —
A University of Cincinnati geologist is studying one of the lesser-known hazards of life in the West: landslides.
People who live in the Basin...
Research: Regeneration in the digestive tract —
The human gut is teeming with billions of beneficial bacteria. Therapies that use antibiotics often destroy most of them. Whether and how the...
Research: Plumes of cold molecular gas spray out by black hole a billion light-years...
Galaxy evolution can be chaotic and messy, but it seems that streams of cold gas spraying out from the region around supermassive black...
Research: Caterpillar, fungus in cahoots to threaten fruit, nut crops, study finds —
New research reveals that Aspergillus flavus, a fungus that produces carcinogenic aflatoxins that can contaminate seeds and nuts, has a multilegged partner in...
Research: Olive oil and fungus protect wood from wood rot —
A fungus that does not attack wood, but preserves it. It sounds strange, but it is possible. Elke van Nieuwenhuijzen will be receiving...
Research: Study explores how climate change affects nature’s ability to recycle —
Bacteria and fungi might conjure up images of diseases and spoiled food, but they also do a lot of good. The billions of...
Research: Research links warming temperatures and localized cooling to increased maize production —
The past 70 years have been good for corn production in the midwestern United States, with yields increasing fivefold since the 1940s. Much...
Research: Gene regulator that allows plant rehydration after drought —
Scientists at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science in Japan have found that the protein NGA1 is critical for plants to have...
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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...
