Research: Breakthrough discovery could greatly accelerate the pace of science —
In the rapidly growing field of synthetic biology, in which organisms can be engineered to do things like decompose plastic and manufacture biofuels...
Research: 22,000-year-old panda from cave in Southern China belongs to distinct, long-lost lineage —
Researchers who've analyzed ancient mitochondrial (mt)DNA isolated from a 22,000-year-old panda found in Cizhutuo Cave in the Guangxi Province of China -- a...
Research: Explosive volcanoes spawned mysterious Martian rock formation —
Explosive volcanic eruptions that shot jets of hot ash, rock and gas skyward are the likely source of a mysterious Martian rock formation,...
Research: Great white sharks dive deep into warm-water whirlpools in the Atlantic —
It's always good to know where great white sharks are likely to be swimming. That's true if you're a nervous beachgoer, a fishing...
Research: Scientists find potential disease-fighting ‘warheads’ hidden in bacteria —
Bacteria found in soil may harbor a potential game-changer for drug design. A new study by Scripps Research, published today in Nature Communications,...
Research: Rising sea temperatures threaten survival of juvenile albatross —
Ecologists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the US and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) studied a population of black-browed...
Research: Are smarter animals are bigger troublemakers? —
You have probably encountered a raccoon raiding the trash in your neighborhood, seen a rat scurrying through the subway or tried to shoo...
Research: As an apex predator, the crocodile’s mode of attack — its mouth —...
The mouth of today's crocodilians inspires fear and awe, with their wide gape and the greatest known bite force in the vertebrate animal...
Researchers Found New Evidence About Water’s Presence on Moon
Researchers led by Masahiro Kayama of Tohoku University's Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, has discovered a mineral known as moganite in a lunar...
Report: Lowest tides in years expose Island seashore
Extremely low tides have made their way to west coast shorelines, leading to warnings for boaters and excitement from local beachcombers.
"The tides out and...
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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...
