Offbeat: DNA tests of illegal ivory link multiple ivory shipments to same dealers —
The international trade in elephant ivory has been illegal since 1989, yet African elephant numbers continue to decline. In 2016, the International Union...
Offbeat: Computational model links family members using genealogical and law-enforcement databases —
The notion of using genetic ancestry databases to solve crimes recently crossed from hypothetical into credible when police used an online genealogical database...
Offbeat: Habitats worthy of protection in Germany are protected, study finds —
The world's largest coordinated network of protected areas is not located at the South Pole or in Australia, Africa, Asia or on the...
Offbeat: Who should Fido fear? Depends on relationship —
As states around the country move to stiffen punishments for animal cruelty, Michigan State University researchers have found a correlation between the types...
Offbeat: Study shows maternal ‘gatekeeping’ plays a role —
A new father's views on his changing relationship with his wife or partner may depend in part on how much support he feels...
Offbeat: First empirical evidence that culturally diverse teams produces better results —
Researchers at the University of Sydney have produced hard data that demonstrates collaborating with Indigenous peoples changed the outcome of a scientific research...
Offbeat: Flexibility of working memory from random connections —
A new article in Neuron from Princeton University neuroscientists Flora Bouchacourt and Tim Buschman presents a new model of working memory.
Working memory is...
Offbeat: Kids store 1.5 megabytes of information to master their native language —
Learning one's native language may seem effortless. One minute, we're babbling babies. The next we're in school reciting Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I...
Offbeat: What happened in the past when the climate changed?
Once again, humanity might be well served to take heed from a history lesson. When the climate changed, when crops failed and famine...
Offbeat: Citizen scientists discover pinhead-sized beetle in Borneo —
How many citizen scientists does it take to discover a new species? A recent expedition to the Ulu Temburong forest in Borneo proved...
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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...
