Offbeat: Solar geoengineering could reduce temperatures and heat stress, but also reduces photosynthesis —
Injecting particles into the atmosphere to cool the planet and counter the warming effects of climate change would do nothing to offset the...
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton: Marriage History
Hollywood's leading lady Elizabeth Taylor was married eight times—and two of them were to Richard Burton.
The world has been captivated by Elizabeth Taylor and...
Offbeat: Shortcoming of ITQ systems for fisheries —
Individual transferable quota systems for fisheries around the world may be ideal for some fisheries, but they can exclude rural, indigenous, low-income and...
Get Ready to Fall Back: British Summer Time Ends Soon!
As the evenings in the United Kingdom grow darker, the end of British Summer Time (BST) approaches, with clocks set to fall back an...
Offbeat: Global warming can be limited to 1.5°C by changing how we travel, heat...
Global warming can be limited to 1.5°C by unprecedented improvements in the energy efficiency of everyday activities, according to new research from an...
Heritage College abruptly closes all campuses
Heritage College and Heritage Institute, which prepared students for careers in healthcare, has abruptly closed.
Heritage College’s website said its campuses were permanently closed as...
Offbeat: Researchers capture a detailed picture of how earthquakes travel through the Earth’s subsurface...
In traditional seismology, researchers studying how the earth moves in the moments before, during, and after an earthquake rely on sensors that cost...
Offbeat: Flint, Michigan lead crisis should have buried the city in water bottles. So,...
One hundred thousand residents of Flint, Michigan could only use water from bottles or filters during a years-long lead contamination crisis, which started...
Nashville Predators Squander Lead as Calgary Flames Secure Win
In a game that held promise for the Nashville Predators, they ultimately suffered a disappointing 5-2 loss to the Calgary Flames during their ongoing...
Offbeat: Why language technology can’t handle Game of Thrones (yet) —
Researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the Dutch Royal Academy's Humanities Cluster evaluated four state-of-the-art tools for recognising names in text, to...
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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...