Research: Site of the next major earthquake on the San Andreas Fault? —
Many researchers hypothesize that the southern tip of the 1300-km-long San Andreas fault zone (SAFZ) could be the nucleation site of the next...
Research: Insight into infant handling by young bonobos —
University of Oregon anthropologist Klaree Boose followed her intuition about her observations of bonobos at a U.S. zoo. She now theorizes that young...
Research: Museum collection reveals distribution of Carolina parakeet 100 years after its extinction —
While 2018 marks the centenary of the death of the last captive Carolina parakeet -- North America's only native parrot, a team of...
Research: The carbon cost of deforestation —
Indonesia and Malaysia together account for nearly 85% of global palm oil production. This oil is commonly used in processed foods, cosmetics and...
Research: Montana burial site answers questions about early humans —
Scientists have shown that at the Anzick site in Montana -- the only known Clovis burial site -- the skeletal remains of a...
Research: Artificial lighting at night could be a reason for declining insect populations —
Climate change, pesticides and land use changes alone cannot fully explain the decline in insect populations in Germany. Scientists from the Leibniz-Institute of...
Research: Deep-sea marine sponges may hold key to antibiotic drug resistance —
Drug resistance to antibiotics is on the rise and there is an urgent need to develop new drugs to treat infectious diseases that...
Research: Is the sky the limit? On the expansion threshold of a species’ range...
All species have restricted distributions. Yet a joint coherent theory explaining the span and borders of species' ranges has been missing both due...
Research: Toothpaste and hand wash are causing antibiotic resistance —
A common ingredient in toothpaste and hand wash could be contributing to antibiotic resistance, according to University of Queensland research.
A study led by...
Research: World’s first known manta ray nursery —
A graduate student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and colleagues from NOAA's Office of National Marine...
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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...
