Research: Neanderthals practiced close-range hunting 120,000 years ago —
An international team of scientists reports the oldest unambiguous hunting lesions documented in the history of humankind. The lesions were found on skeletons...
Research: Driving a wedge into historic gaps of climate science —
Evidence of historic marine life present in Alaskan permafrost is helping scientists reconstruct ancient changes in the ice cover over the Arctic Ocean.
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Climate Change: What caused the ice ages? Tiny ocean fossils offer key evidence
Photo: Since the discovery that atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations were lower during...
Research: Statistical analysis shows black holes can make up no more than 40 percent...
For one brief shining moment after the 2015 detection of gravitational waves from colliding black holes, astronomers held out hope that the universe's...
Research: For ocean species to survive climate change, large populations needed —
A Noah's Ark strategy will fail. In the roughest sense, that's the conclusion of a first-of-its-kind study that illuminates which marine species may...
Study: How to make the healthiest coffee
We may all be drinking more coffee to help us survive the COVID-19 lockdown. Today scientists announce the healthiest way to make a brew.
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Research: How fever comes —
The appearance of fever is associated with the release in the hypothalamus of a lipid compound called prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), which has an...
Research: Artificial intelligence can identify microscopic marine organisms —
Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) program that can automatically provide species-level identification of microscopic marine organisms. The next step is to...
Research: Pick right-sized rock or be eaten by cannibal neighbors —
For young hellbenders, choosing the right home is more than a major life decision. Their survival can depend on it.
These aquatic salamanders, natives...
Antarctic glaciers are melting much faster than originally thought
A troubling new study has many scientists fretting over the state of Antarctica’s glaciers. A group of large glaciers on the southern end of...
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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...