New research review provides insights into the continent’s response to climate warming — ...
Scientists from the University of Maryland, the University of Leeds and the University of California, San Diego, have reviewed decades of satellite measurements...
Insecticide exposure and declining floral diversity are jeopardizing key pollinator group — (research)
Spring is a busy time for bumblebee queens.
After emerging from hibernation, their to-do list includes making nests, laying eggs, and keeping their larvae...
British mammals’ fight for survival — (research)
Almost one in five of British mammal species face a high risk of extinction, according to the first comprehensive review of their populations...
Scientists discover a new way to find mass extinctions — (research)
During the history of the Earth, there were many mass extinctions, when huge numbers of species died out. They are usually easy to...
Painted lady’s roundtrip migratory flight is the longest recorded in butterflies — (research)
Previously known to migrate from Europe to the Afrotropics during the autumn, the fate of this butterfly species and its offspring remained unknown.
Researchers...
Nectar research sheds light on ecological theory — (research)
A sticky drop of nectar clinging to the tip of a hummingbird's beak drips into the next flower the bird visits. With that...
Physicists discover how to create the thinnest liquid films ever — (research)
A team of physicists at the University of Vermont have discovered a fundamentally new way surfaces can get wet. Their study may allow...
A powerful tool to combat invasive giant slugs — (research)
With the help of citizen science, researchers have unraveled the close correlation between weather conditions and the appearances of a giant slug species,...
Psychedelic drugs promote neural plasticity in rats and flies — (research)
Psychedelic drugs may have mind-altering powers in the physical sense, too. A new study, published June 12 in the journal Cell Reports, found...
AI senses people’s pose through walls — (research)
X-ray vision has long seemed like a far-fetched sci-fi fantasy, but over the last decade a team led by Professor Dina Katabi from...
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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...
