Research: Formaldehyde — not sulfur dioxide — may be the key to China’s stubborn...
For more than 15 years, the Chinese government has invested billions of dollars to clean up its deadly air pollution, focusing intensely on...
Research: Study links genes to social behaviors, including autism —
Those pesky bees that come buzzing around on a muggy summer day are helping researchers reveal the genes responsible for social behaviors. A...
Research: New material, manufacturing process use sun’s heat for cheaper renewable electricity —
Solar power accounts for less than 2 percent of U.S. electricity but could make up more than that if the cost of electricity...
Research: Pathogens may evade immune response with metal-free enzyme required for DNA replication —
Some bacterial pathogens, including those that cause strep throat and pneumonia, are able to create the components necessary to replicate their DNA without...
Research: Water-soluble protein helps to understand the photosynthetic apparatus —
Water-soluble Chlorophyll Protein tetramer binding four chlorophylls...
Research: Elucidating cuttlefish camouflage —
The unique ability of cuttlefish, squid and octopuses to hide by imitating the colors and texture of their environment has fascinated natural scientists...
Research: Mice need a clutch to smell —
The brain can discriminate over one trillion different odors. Once entering the nose, an odor activates olfactory neurons. In order to decide if...
Research: Stars, triangles and pentagons demonstrate the adaptability and robustness of bacterial cell division...
What do watermelons and bacteria have in common? Just like the tasty fruit, microbes can be molded into unusual shapes, a study in...
Research: Biodiversity can also destabilize ecosystems —
Ecosystems have a variety of benefits: They provide us with food, water and other resources, as well as recreational space. It is therefore...
Research: Novel switching valve to receive more semen in a sex-role reversed cave insect...
The Brazilian cave insect Neotrogla are of special evolutionary and morphological interest because of their reversed genital structures, a finding that was first...
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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...
