Research: Rice plants evolve to adapt to flooding —
Although water is essential for plant growth, excessive amounts can waterlog and kill a plant. In South and Southeast Asia, where periodic flooding...
Research: Scientists show that mammalian life begins differently than we thought —
It was long thought that during an embryo's first cell division, one spindle is responsible for segregating the embryo's chromosomes into two cells....
Research: OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST392 found in 13 patients previously hospitalized in Gran Canaria...
Thirteen patients with OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST392 have been reported by Sweden and Norway between January and April 2018 -- all returning travellers...
Research: Fuzzy yellow bats reveal evolutionary relationships in Kenya —
After Halloween, people tend to forget about bats. But, for farmers, residents of Kenya, and scientists, bats are a part of everyday life....
Research: Gains of only 22 percent over the next six decades represent best-case scenario...
Researchers have calculated the capacity of North American forests to sequester carbon in a detailed analysis that for the first time integrates the...
Research: Sunk cost fallacy in mice, rats and humans —
The behavior of people who remain committed to a choice, even when it is clear that an alternate choice would be a better...
Research: The model could add to the strategic toolbox that protects lives and livelihoods...
Firefighters know all too well that fires spread quickly, igniting chains of forestland made vulnerable by dry weather, and driven by wind.
Through propagation...
Research: Algae have land genes —
500 million years ago, the first plants living in water took to land. The genetic adaptations associated with this transition can already be...
Research: 84 highly endangered amur leopards remain in China and Russia —
Scientists estimate there are only 84 remaining highly endangered Amur leopards (Panthera pardus orientalis) remaining in the wild across its current range along...
Research: Antivirals may help —
A new commentary by scientists at the Universities of Manchester and Edinburgh on a study by Taiwanese epidemiologists supports the viability of a...
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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...
