Research: ICESat-2 reveals profile of ice sheets, sea ice, forests —
Less than three months into its mission, NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2, is already exceeding scientists' expectations. The satellite...
Research: Alaska earthquakes offer new insight into improving hazard assessment —
The 2016 Iniskin earthquake (magnitude 7.1) that shook Anchorage, Alaska, was captured by the seismometers of the EarthScope Transportable Array. This data is...
Research: The plant whose sex life fascinated Charles Darwin —
Researchers have genetically transformed the Common Primrose (Primula vulgaris) for the first time in a development that could shed light on one of...
Research: Stronger pesticide regulations likely needed to protect all bee species, say studies —
Pesticide regulations designed to protect honeybees fail to account for potential health threats posed by agrochemicals to the full diversity of bee species...
Research: Annual update improves understanding of changing climate, wildlife impacts —
NOAA's annual report card on the Arctic, released today at the American Geophysical Union fall meeting in Washington, D.C., measures the changing climate...
Research: Did supernovae kill off large ocean animals at dawn of Pleistocene? —
About 2.6 million years ago, an oddly bright light arrived in the prehistoric sky and lingered there for weeks or months. It was...
Research: Algorithms to locate centrioles in the cell —
Investigators from the Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Group at the University of Extremadura are working on a line of research which studies signalling mediated...
Research: How catnip makes the chemical that causes cats to go crazy —
Researchers at John Innes Centre have shed light on how catnip -- also known as catmint -- produces the chemical that sends cats...
Research: Sierra snowpack could drop significantly by end of century —
A future warmer world will almost certainly feature a decline in fresh water from the Sierra Nevada mountain snowpack. Now a new study...
Research: ‘Pest-controlling’ bats could help save rainforests —
A new study shows that several species of bats are giving Madagascar's rice farmers a vital pest control service by feasting on plagues...
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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...
