The BPA in thermal receipt paper argument heats up
Annette M. Hormann and colleagues from the University of Missouri and the Universite´ de Toulouse in France reported that the presently used methods of...
Lunar IceCube to examine water on the moon with NASA grant
One of the 12 technology development projects selected by NASA as part of the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) is called Lunar...
New technique to study clouds on exoplanets developed by researchers at MIT
While exoplanets are now being discovered by the thousands, it is still a painstaking process to determine any specific details about them, since they...
Research: Staying a step ahead of invasive insect species with computer simulations
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a simulation predicting the spread of an invasive beetle species harming local flora. They tried models based...
University of Cincinnati scientists examine low-cost ways to improve urban streams
Biologists at the University of Cincinnati are studying low-cost ways to improve water quality and wildlife habitat in urban creeks.
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STEM program in U. S. targets the wrong things in children
Researchers at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, the Niilo Mäki Institute and the University of Jyväskylä, both in Finland, published new findings in...
Johns Hopkins researchers find brain differences in insomnia
Chronic insomnia results from a difference in brain function according to research reported by Dr. Rachel E. Salas, an assistant professor of neurology at...
Anti-robot protest breaks out at Austin technology conference
Science fiction writers have been exploring the societal implications of human-like robots from time immemorial. The late, great Isaac Asimov suggested, in his series...
Ancient human feces found to be antibiotic resistant
Antibiotic resistant bacteria were found in human feces that were 700 years old by Christelle Desnues of Aix Marseille Université and colleagues in research...
Massive alien ring system is much larger than Saturn’s, and may contain exomoons
Astronomers this week announced yet another mind-boggling finding: a ring system which orbits a distant giant planet has been found to be much larger...
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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...