Offbeat: Golf course managers challenged by fungicide-resistant turf grass disease —
Dollar spot -- the most common, troublesome and damaging turfgrass disease plaguing golf courses -- is becoming increasingly resistant to fungicides applied to...
Offbeat: How the brain decides what to learn —
In order to learn about the world, an animal needs to do more than just pay attention to its surroundings. It also needs...
Offbeat: Pretend porpoise sounds are helping conservation efforts, research shows —
In a first study of its kind, Dr Hanna Nuuttila, currently at Swansea University's College of Science -- together with scientists from the...
Offbeat: Ship noise seems to inhibit humpback whale singing —
Male humpback whales reduce or cease their songs in reaction to human-generated shipping noise, according to a study published October 24, 2018 in...
Offbeat: How should autonomous vehicles be programmed? Massive global survey reveals ethics preferences and...
A massive new survey developed by MIT researchers reveals some distinct global preferences concerning the ethics of autonomous vehicles, as well as some...
Offbeat: Breathing through the nose aids memory storage —
The way we breathe may affect how well our memories are consolidated (i.e. reinforced and stabilised). If we breathe through the nose rather...
Offbeat: World Heritage Sites threatened by rising sea levels —
In the Mediterranean region, there are numerous UNESCO World Heritage Sites in low-lying coastal areas. These include, for example, the Venetian Lagoon, the...
Offbeat: Youth violence lower in countries with complete ban on corporal punishment —
A study published today in the BMJ Open shows that in countries where there is a complete ban on all corporal punishment of...
Offbeat: Guidelines for a standardized data format for use in cross-linguistic studies —
An international team of researchers, members of the Cross-Linguistic Data Formats Initiative (CLDF) led by the Max Planck Institute for the Science of...
Offbeat: Indigenous fire practice protecting the Gibson Desert’s biodiversity —
Traditional indigenous burning practices are protecting plant biodiversity in Australia's Gibson Desert, according to University of Queensland research.
The study analysed how environments dominated...
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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...
