Research: Hardy organisms threaten interplanetary contamination —
In professor George Fox's lab at the University of Houston, scientists are studying Earth germs that could be contaminating other planets. Despite extreme...
Research: Extinct hoofed mammals similar to small moose —
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University and two other universities have discovered the 13-million-year-old fossils of a pair of new species of extinct...
Research: Special-purpose buildings bring together earliest Neolithic communities —
The advent of food production took place in the Near East over 10,000 years and sparked profound changes in the ways human societies...
Research: Whether bold or shy, seal personalities are steady over time, study says —
Female seals don't change their spots, according to a new study by University of Alberta biologists. In fact, individual differences in boldness remain...
Research: Dangerous protected reptiles —
The south-east Asian island state of East Timor has a problem with crocodiles. Between 2007 and 2014 there was a sharp increase in...
Research: Milky Way is rich in grease-like molecules —
Our galaxy is rich in grease-like molecules, according to an Australian-Turkish team. Astronomers at the University of New South Wales in Sydney (UNSW),...
Research: Researchers produce a state in which atoms behave similarly to a Higgs boson...
Physicists at the University of Bonn have succeeded in putting a superconducting gas into an exotic state. Their experiments allow new insights into...
Research: Finding upends scientific understanding of how granites form and what they can teach...
A team of scientists including Carnegie's Michael Ackerson and Bjorn Mysen revealed that granites from Yosemite National Park contain minerals that crystallized at...
Research: Tricky feat with stand-up molecule —
For quite a while now, researchers have been able to produce structures from single atoms. One of the first examples was presented by...
Research: How 70,000 years of human interaction have shaped an icon of wild nature...
The evolution of the orangutan has been more heavily influenced by humans than was previously thought, new research reveals.
Professor Mike Bruford, of Cardiff...
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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...
