Research: Why life on Earth first got big —
Some of the earliest complex organisms on Earth -- possibly some of the earliest animals to exist -- got big not to compete...
Research: Take one gas cloud 500 light years in diameter, add 5 million years,...
Clusters of stars across the vast reaches of time and space of the entire universe were all created the same way, researchers at...
Research: Composite surface has features that can move microparticles, mix droplets, repel biofilms and...
An international team of researchers, led by Harvard University, have developed a dynamic surface with reconfigurable topography that can sculpt and re-sculpt microscale...
Research: High tech metal particles may inadvertently take a toll on aquatic life —
The last 10 years have seen a surge in the use of tiny substances called nanomaterials in agrochemicals like pesticides and fungicides. The...
Research: Geologists detail likely site of San Andreas Fault’s next major quake —
Back in 1905, the Colorado River, swollen with heavy rainfall and snowmelt, surged into a dry lake bed along California's San Andreas Fault...
Research: Unique fossil suggests these birds once lived outside the tropics —
A fossil of an ancestor of modern tropical birds has been found in North America, proving they also used to live in the...
Research: Study provides insight into the role of serotonin in neural plasticity —
A new computational-model designed by researchers at UCL based on data from the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown reveals that serotonin, one of...
Research: What caused the mass extinction of Earth’s first animals? Unravelling mystery of the...
Fossil records tell us that the first macroscopic animals appeared on Earth about 575 million years ago. Twenty-four million years later, the diversity...
Research: Closing the loop for robotic grasping —
Roboticists at QUT have developed a faster and more accurate way for robots to grasp objects, including in cluttered and changing environments, which...
Research: New gibbon genus discovered in ancient Chinese tomb —
Bones of an entirely new but already extinct genus of gibbon have been discovered in China, revealing the magnitude of human-caused extinction 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...
