Offbeat: Guidelines for a standardized data format for use in cross-linguistic studies —
An international team of researchers, members of the Cross-Linguistic Data Formats Initiative (CLDF) led by the Max Planck Institute for the Science of...
Offbeat: Modern slavery promotes overfishing —
Labour abuses, including modern slavery, are 'hidden subsidies' that allow distant-water fishing fleets to remain profitable and promote overfishing, new research from the...
Offbeat: Energy innovation necessary to overcome biggest zero emissions challenges —
Carbon dioxide emissions from human activities must approach zero within several decades to avoid risking grave damage from the effects of climate change....
Offbeat: Steep decline in student belief that God created humans, 32-year Australian study reveals...
Australian university students give far more credit than the previous generation to the science of human evolution and far less to creationism or...
Retired Marine Gen. James Cartwright charged with making false statements
Retired Marine Gen. James Cartwright, once considered one of President Obama’s favorite generals, has been charged with lying to federal investigators about revealing classified...
Offbeat: Populations of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians have, on average, declined in...
Humanity and the way we feed, fuel and finance our societies and economies is pushing nature and the services that power and sustain...
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...
Offbeat: Pitcher injuries increase as pitch count rises — (Reports)
More than half of high school baseball pitchers report experiencing pain in their throwing arms during the season. To better understand the cause...
Jack Ryan Rouses Market, kind gesture to autistic Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge Rouses Market: Jack Ryan, Autistic Teen, Has Special Moment.
A teen with autism made an "instant connection" with a worker at a local...
Offbeat: Americans are overexposed to products that are high in calories, saturated fat, sugar...
Americans are overexposed to products that are high in energy, saturated fat, sugar and salt, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study that...
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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...
