Research: Factors that shaped evolution —
Understanding the many factors that have played into shaping the biodiversity within Earth's ecosystems can be daunting. In a major step to that...
Research: Discovery of kidney cancer driver could lead to new treatment strategy —
University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists have uncovered a potential therapeutic target for kidney cancers that have a common genetic...
Research: Deep mesophotic reefs are unique systems bursting with life and deserving of lasting...
New findings suggest that out-of-sight deep reefs are unique habitats in need of protection. A team of highly trained scientific divers -- led...
Research: Rapid cloud clearing phenomenon could provide another piece of climate puzzle —
Researchers from North Carolina State University have described rapid and dramatic clearing of low cloud cover off the southwest coast of Africa. This...
Research: New research examines the amounts different sectors spent on lobbying on climate-related issues...
Climate lobbying is big business. A new analysis shows that between 2000 and 2016, lobbyists spent more than two billion dollars on influencing...
Research: In the ocean’s twilight zone, tiny organisms may have giant effect on Earth’s...
Deep in the ocean's twilight zone, swarms of ravenous single-celled organisms may be altering Earth's carbon cycle in ways scientists never expected, according...
Research: Dependence on vulnerable megafauna may diminish reproductive success —
Deer, bears, gibbons, but especially elephants, play an important role in seed dispersal for a large-fruited tree in the forests of Thailand, according...
Research: Does biodiversity loss leads to an increased disease risk? —
Biodiversity is disappearing at an alarming rate as infectious diseases increasingly spill over from wildlife to humans. Disease ecologists fervently debate whether biodiversity...
Research: Cities as study proxies for climate change —
Cities can serve as useful proxies to study and predict the effects of climate change, according to a North Carolina State University research...
Research: New data may explain star’s mysterious dimming —
For nearly a century, astronomers have puzzled over the curious variability of young stars residing in the Taurus-Auriga constellation some 450 light years...
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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...
