Research: Counting (on) sheep? Promising gene therapy for visually impaired sheep now safe for...
Back in 2009, a group of Israeli researchers identified a herd of Awassi sheep suffering from "day blindness." As its name implies, these...
Research: More ships and more clouds mean cooling in the arctic —
With sea ice in the Arctic melting at an alarming rate, opportunities for trans-Arctic shipping are opening up, and by mid-century ships will...
Research: Storms can build reef islands in atoll regions —
Tropical storms, with waves reaching up to 10-meters-high, can wallop coral reef islands. As global temperatures increase, some scientists suggest that such storms...
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...
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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...
