Offbeat: How individuals can help save the planet from climate catastrophe with a guiding...
Individuals have as big a role to play in tackling climate change as major corporations but only if they can be encouraged to...
Offbeat: Asking questions, testing improves student learning of new material —
Jason Chan makes a point to periodically interrupt his lecture and ask students a question about the material they've covered. The associate professor...
Offbeat: Scientists point out the study’s major flaws —
Amidst worldwide publicity and talks about 'Insectageddon': the extinction of 40% of the world's insects, as estimated in a recent scientific review, a...
Offbeat: Calorie counts on restaurant menus have customers ordering less —
Bye-bye artichoke dip. Heavyweight appetizers and fatty entrees may not get much love when restaurants list calories on their menus.
In a new study,...
Offbeat: North Korea's 2017 bomb test set off later earthquakes, new analysis finds
Using newly refined analysis methods, scientists have discovered that a North Korean nuclear bomb test last fall set off aftershocks over a period...
Offbeat: Millions in danger of food insecurity due to severe Caribbean droughts —
Climate change is impacting the Caribbean, with millions facing increasing food insecurity and decreasing freshwater availability as droughts become more likely across the...
Offbeat: Models show that the implementation of the Paris Agreement is critical to avoid...
The world needs to keep global temperatures in check by meeting the goals set out in the Paris Agreement, or more people could...
Offbeat: How the brain decides what to learn —
In order to learn about the world, an animal needs to do more than just pay attention to its surroundings. It also needs...
Offbeat: Overconfidence can be misinterpreted by others as greater competence, perpetuating social hierarchies, study...
People who see themselves as being in a higher social class may tend to have an exaggerated belief that they are more adept...
Offbeat: You can’t tell whether an online restaurant review is fake — but this...
Sites like TripAdvisor, Yelp and Amazon display user reviews of products and services. Consumers take heed: nine out of ten people read these...
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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...
