Research: Songbirds are more passionate in front of an audience —
Both sexes of a songbird called the blue-capped cordon-bleu intensify courtship performances that involve singing and dancing in the presence of an audience,...
Research: Large-scale US wind power would cause warming that would take roughly a century...
All large-scale energy systems have environmental impacts, and the ability to compare the impacts of renewable energy sources is an important step in...
Research: Viruses influenced gene sharing between Neanderthals and humans —
Human evolution used to be depicted as a straight line, gradually progressing from an ape-like ancestor to modern Homo sapiens. But thanks to...
Research: Fly protein has protective effect on dopaminergic neurons —
Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects dopamine-producing or dopaminergic neurons. The progressive loss of these neurons is what leads to impairment...
Research: Photosynthesis by marine algae contributes to the daytime soundscape on coral reefs —
Gas bubbles released by marine algae during photosynthesis produce sound whose intensity correlates with the degree of algal cover on coral reefs, according...
Research: Complex factors can drive the emergence and evolution of plant pathogens —
For many of us, bumper crops of zucchinis and cucumbers conjure up the sweltering days of summer, while pumpkins and gourds decorate our...
Research: Lilly Pilly fossils reveal snowless Snowy Mountains —
Leaf fossils discovered high in Australia's Snowy Mountains have revealed a past history of warmer rainforest vegetation and a lack of snow, in...
Research: 3,500-year-old pumpkin spice? Archaeologists find the earliest use of nutmeg as a food...
As all things pumpkin spice arrive in grocery store aisles and on restaurant menus, a new study published in the journal Asian Perspectives...
Research: Early Pleistocene hominins already exhibit features that would later be characteristic of Neanderthals...
Some of the dental features characteristic of Neanderthals were already present in Early Pleistocene Homo antecessor, according to a study published September 19,...
Research: These teeth add to an emerging picture of complex human evolution in Middle...
Fossil teeth from Italy, among the oldest human remains on the Italian Peninsula, show that Neanderthal dental features had evolved by around 450,000...
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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...
