Offbeat: Archaeologists are using subsurface imaging technology to help community groups map unmarked graves...
Flinders University archaeologists are using cutting edge subsurface imaging technology to help assist community groups map unmarked graves and manage their cultural heritage.
"This...
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: Drones shown to make traffic crash site assessments safer, faster and more accurate...
Idling in a long highway line of slowed or stopped traffic on a busy highway can be more than an inconvenience for drivers...
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: Advertising in kids’ apps more prevalent than parents may realize —
From games inspired by popular TV shows to digital play labeled as educational, children's apps continue to explode on smartphones and tablets.
But parents...
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: 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: 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: 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: How the arts can help students who struggle most —
Incorporating the arts -- rapping, dancing, drawing -- into science lessons can help low-achieving students retain more knowledge and possibly help students of...
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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...
