Research: Olive oil and fungus protect wood from wood rot —
A fungus that does not attack wood, but preserves it. It sounds strange, but it is possible. Elke van Nieuwenhuijzen will be receiving...
Could there be life on Venus? Paul Davies considers the possibilities
Last week it was announced that phosphine, a compound known as an indicator of life, has been discovered in the atmosphere of Venus. So...
Research: Small-scale trial is the first randomized, controlled research of its kind —
People eating ultra-processed foods ate more calories and gained more weight than when they ate a minimally processed diet, according to results from...
Report: COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic has a natural origin
The novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that emerged in the city of Wuhan, China, last year and has since caused a large scale COVID-19 epidemic and...
Growing up trilobite | EurekAlert! Science News (Study)
IMAGE: A slab with multiple species of trilobite fossils embedded. Scale is in...
Research: A century-old model for life’s origin gets significant substantiation —
In 1924, Russian biochemist Alexander Oparin claimed that life on Earth developed through gradual chemical changes of organic molecules, in the "primordial soup"...
Research: What is causing more extreme precipitation in northeastern U.S.? Hurricanes and tropical storms...
From Maine to West Virginia, the Northeast has seen a larger increase in extreme precipitation than anywhere else in the U.S. Prior research...
Research: Carbon stockpiles abound in mangrove sinkholes
A deep dive beneath mangrove sinkholes has found the highest single carbon stocks ever reported, further highlighting the importance of mangroves as carbon sequesters....
Two bacteria allow spittlebugs to thrive on low-nutrient meals
A new study examines the symbiotic relationship between two types of bacteria and spittlebugs that helps...
Astronauts perform spinner tricks in space (Watch)
NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station have introduced the world’s most popular toy to outer space.
That moment when spinner got to the space,...
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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...
