Research: Social life of chimpanzees, macaques more complicated than studies suggest —
Anyone who peruses relationship settings on social media knows that our interactions with other humans can be intricate, but a new study in...
Research: Earth’s oldest animals formed complex ecological communities —
A new analysis is shedding light on Earth's first macroscopic animals: the 570-million-year-old, enigmatic Ediacara biota.
Ediacaran fossils have a slightly bizarre appearance not...
Research: Comprehensive data analysis dispels established paradigms in psychology —
Northwestern University researchers have sifted through data from more than 1.5 million questionnaire respondents and found at least four distinct clusters of personality...
Research: Roadmap for measuring animal, plant traits to meet biodiversity goals —
An international team of researchers has outlined a plan for how to measure changes in key traits of animals and plants and provide...
Research: World’s first passive anti-frosting surface fights ice with ice —
Nothing foretells the coming of winter like frost on windshields.
While the inconvenience of scraping or defrosting car windows may define cold mornings for...
Research: Ecologists report sighting rare wild goat species in Afghanistan —
Based on field surveys in northern Afghanistan, Zalmai Moheb, an ecologist with the Wildlife Conservation Society's Afghanistan Program and a doctoral candidate in...
Research: Sniffing out sharks —
A white shark's acute sense of smell is legendary, allowing it to detect a potential meal several miles away -- and giving pause...
Research: New soft coral species discovered in Panama —
A study in the journal Bulletin of Marine Science describes a new, blood-red species of octocoral found in Panama. The species in the...
Research: Tiny moth from Asia spreading fast on Siberian elms in eastern North America...
In 2010, moth collector James Vargo began finding numerous specimens of a hitherto unknown pygmy moth in his light traps on his property...
Research: Witnessing violence in high school as bad as being bullied —
Students who witness violence in school at age 13 are at later risk of psycho-social and academic impairment at age 15, according to...
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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...
