Research: Feelings of fatigue predict death in older adults
How fatigued certain activities make an older person feel can predict the likelihood death is less than three years away, according to research published...
Study shows children have a moral sense at one year of age
Physicians, philosophers, the clergy, and psychologists have argued about the inherent morality of humans for centuries. The arguments that continue today focus on the...
Scientists develop novel microscopic picoshell particles
Production of high-energy fats by microalgae may provide a sustainable, renewable energy source that can help tackle climate change. However, microalgae engineered to produce...
Digestion discovered in animal with no organs
Trichoplax adhaerens is the only known member of the Placozoa phylum that exists in the present day. The animal has no nerves, no organs,...
Scientists discover method to create upward water fountain in deep water
A pair of University of Houston engineers has discovered that they can create upward fountains in water by shining laser beams on the water’s...
Research: Bone growth inspired “microrobots” that can create their own bone
Inspired by the growth of bones in the skeleton, researchers at the universities of Linköping in Sweden and Okayama in Japan have developed a...
New discoveries show Tibet was the source of Ice Age fauna
The high altitude environments of the Tibetan Plateau and other regions of the Himalayan Mountains may have been the evolutionary proving ground for adaptation...
Research challenges evolutionary theory that DNA mutations are random
A simple roadside weed may hold the key to understanding and predicting DNA mutation, according to new research from University of California, Davis, and...
Researchers expand CRISPR-Cas9 genetic inheritance control in mammals
Nearly three years ago University of California San Diego researchers announced the world’s first CRISPR-Cas9 genetic editing-based approach to controlling inheritance in mammals.
The 2019...
Scientists discover fossil of new species of pangolin in Europe
Deeper analysis of fossils from one of Eastern Europe’s most significant paleontological sites has led to the discovery of a new species of pangolin,...
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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...
