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...
Research: Long-term melting may lead to release of huge volumes of cold, fresh water...
The Beaufort Gyre is an enormous, 600-mile-wide pool of swirling cold, fresh water in the Arctic Ocean, just north of Alaska and Canada....
Research: Study finds shrubs trap snow, creating permanently thawed zones that destroy permafrost and...
A new collaborative study has investigated Arctic shrub-snow interactions to obtain a better understanding of the far north's tundra and vast permafrost system....
Research: Crabs larval differences are unrelated to their mothers’ sizes —
Like people, blue crabs aren't all the same sizes and shapes. Now Rutgers scientists have discovered substantial differences in the body structures of...
Research: Study provides new data on distribution of marine communities in the deep, dark,...
In an extensive and rigorous study of animal life on the Central Arctic Ocean floor, researchers have shown that water depth and food...
Research: First comprehensive assessment of Pando reveals critical threats —
Utah State University researchers Paul Rogers and Darren McAvoy have conducted the first complete assessment of the Pando aspen clone and the results...
Research: Size limit for undiscovered subatomic particles determined —
A new study suggests that many theorized heavy particles, if they exist at all, do not have the properties needed to explain 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...
