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...
A new kind of vaccine based on spider silk — (research)
To fight cancer, researchers increasingly use vaccines that stimulate the immune system to identify and destroy tumour cells. However, the desired immune response...
RNA changes aided sunflower’s rapid evolutionary transformation, domestication — (research)
A new University of Colorado Boulder-led study sheds light on the genetic mechanisms that allowed sunflowers to undergo a relatively rapid evolutionary transition...
Surprisingly productive microbes are a key source of food in the abyss — ...
Miles beneath the ocean's surface in the dark abyss, vast communities of subseafloor microbes at deep-sea hot springs are converting chemicals into energy...
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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...
