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: It alone could produce enough emissions to raise global temperatures as soon as...
A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Climate Change finds that if Bitcoin is implemented at similar rates at which other...
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: Research suggests that there are more layers to political trust than the public...
There's more to trust than credence and faith, especially as it comes to politics. Research from Michigan State University and North Carolina State...
Offbeat: Nature’s dangerous decline ‘unprecedented,’ species extinction rates ‘accelerating’ —
Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history -- and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on...
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...
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: 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...
Major Fire Devastates Commercial Building in Blainville
A major fire has ravaged a two-story commercial building located at 370 Boulevard de la Seigneurie Ouest in Blainville since 2:50 AM on Wednesday...
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...
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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...
