Research: Why don’t we have them? Maybe because we have each other —
Humans and other primates are outliers among mammals for having nails instead of claws. But how, when and why we transitioned from claws...
Research: Learning about the Himalayas using Mars technology —
The Himalayan Range includes some of the youngest and most spectacular mountains on Earth, but the rugged landscape that lends it the striking...
Research: ‘Walking molecules’ haul away damaged DNA to the cell’s emergency room —
The cell has its own paramedic team and emergency room to aid and repair damaged DNA, a new USC Dornsife study reveals.
The findings...
Research: Computer models help predict plants’ response to challenging temperature —
A heat wave sweeps through a city and people swelter, running indoors to find air conditioning. But crops out in a field aren't...
Research: Overpopulation actually limits their spread as larvae compete for food inside the bark...
A new study by Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists and colleagues confirms that increasing minimum winter temperatures allow beetles to expand their range...
Research: Psychologists can determine risk behavior from specific brain activity —
Anxious people take fewer risks -- this is not surprising. However, a team of psychologists from the German Friedrich Schiller University Jena, together...
Research: Gene-edited pigs are resistant to billion dollar virus —
Scientists have produced pigs that can resist one of the world's most costly animal diseases, by changing their genetic code.
Tests with the virus...
Research: Stone tools from ancient mummy reveal how Copper Age mountain people lived —
Stone tools found with a 5,300-year-old frozen mummy from Northern Italy reveal how alpine Copper Age communities lived, according to a study published...
Research: When cozying up with would-be predators, cleaner shrimp follow a dependable script —
It's a mystery how cleaner shrimp partner with would-be fish predators -- sometimes even climbing in their mouths -- without getting eaten. A...
Research: Rice University, NOAA and Virgin Island researchers quantify infestations that erode protective reefs...
If you want to know about the future of coral reefs that harbor marine life and protect coastlines, sometimes that means you have...
Top News
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...
