Research: A prehistoric thirst for craft beer —
A new study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports suggests beer brewing practices existed in the Eastern Mediterranean over five millennia...
Research: Broad ecological impacts —
Approximately 61 percent of the world's 356 turtle species are threatened or already extinct, and the decline could have ecological consequences.
These findings are...
Research: We may hear others’ footsteps, but how do we ignore our own? —
A team of scientists has uncovered the neural processes mice use to ignore their own footsteps, a discovery that offers new insights into...
Research: Discovery of the earliest drawing —
What is a symbol? This is a tough question to answer when tasked with analyzing the earliest graphic productions. What we might today...
Research: Wild animals were routinely captured and traded in ancient Mesoamerica —
New evidence from the Maya city of Copan, in Honduras, reveals that ancient Mesoamericans routinely captured and traded wild animals for symbolic and...
Research: Skeletons of extinct 500kg elephant birds revolutionise our understanding of this island —
Analysis of bones, from what was once the world's largest bird, has revealed that humans arrived on the tropical island of Madagascar more...
Research: Global coastal wetlands need to move inland in fight against climate change —
Up to 30 per cent of coastal wetlands could be lost globally by the year 2100 with a dramatic effect on global warming...
Research: Breast cancer screening does not reduce mortality —
Fewer and fewer women die from breast cancer in recent years but, surprisingly, the decline is just as large in the age groups...
Research: Connectivity explains ecosystem responses to extreme events —
Tree canopies and the running streams below, or coral reefs and the ocean waters that flow around them, are interconnected components of a...
Research: Total of 21 new parasitoid wasps following the first ever revision of their...
As many as twenty-one species of parasitoid wasps are described as new to science, following the first ever revision of their genus since...
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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...
