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...
Research: Discovery of new neurons in the inner ear can lead to new therapies...
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified four types of neurons in the peripheral auditory system, three of which are new to...
Research: New lab technique for separating infected and uninfected cells helps reveal how Zika...
Macrophages are immune cells that are supposed to protect the body from infection by viruses and bacteria. Yet Zika virus preferentially infects these...
Research: Finding Nemo’s genes —
An international team of researchers has mapped Nemo's genome, providing the research community with an invaluable resource to decode the response of fish...
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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...
