American Heart Association proves avocados lower cholesterol
Adding an avocado a day to a moderate fat or a low fat diet has been found to reduce the levels of low-density lipoprotein...
Bee tongues get shorter due to climate change
Changing climate has produced an evolutionary change in flower types and distribution and bees have responded to the change by developing shorter tongues. Nicole...
Georgia Tech engineers create first working optical rectenna
Baratunde Cola, an associate professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech, and colleagues are the first to develop...
New study finds the plague to be at least 6,000 years old
An analysis of the teeth of people from Bronze Age Europe and Asia has shown that the plague or more formally the bacterium that...
DNA study connects all Native Americans to an ancient common ancestor
The DNA of two very young immigrants to the Americas from China and Russia not only explains the lack of genetic diversity among all...
Seismologists find how earthquakes are transmitted
An earthquake in the Indian Ocean may have triggered a series of events that led to the earthquake and tsunami that produced the Fukushima...
NASA study predicts water shortages for one-third of the Earth
Over two billion people will have lower amounts of water for drinking and irrigation due to the decline in the snow melt that has...
Study finds Yosemite black bears prefer nuts and berries to humans
The majority of studies conducted on the diet of black bears in Yosemite National Park have been the result of the examination of bear...
Chemists devise BPA degradation with visible light
Bisphenol A has become an increasing concern for human and animal health due to research that indicates BPA can interfere with the endocrine system...
First animal found that can selectively control egg color
Stink bugs (Podisus maculiventris) have been found to be able to control the color of their eggs depending on how much sun the eggs...
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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...
