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GeoEye Releases Satellite Image of Ice Fields Near Adelaide Island for Earth Day
This satellite image from GeoEye shows beautiful ice fields near Adelaide Island. April 22, 2012
Video: Male Seahorse Gives Birth at The Deep Aquarium
A male seahorse gives birth to a ton of seahorses in this video from The Deep, an aquarium located in Hull, East Yorkshire. April 21, 2012
IBM Releases Free Minds of Modern Mathematics iPad App
IBM has released the Minds of Modern Mathematics iPad app to celebrate the history of math and its impact on the world. April 21, 2012
University of Glasgow Researchers Develop 3D Printing Technology They Say Could Lead to DIY Drugstores
Scientists at the University of Glasgow have developed a new 3D printing process that they say could lead to DIY drugstores in the home. April 21, 2012
Japanese Researchers Create Shopping Bag That Doubles as Emergency Helmet
Japanese researchers have created a shopping bag that doubles as an emergency helmet. April 21, 2012
High School Students Send Rubber Chicken Into Space
High school students in Bishop, California sent a rubber chicken, named Camilla Corona, into space during last month's intense radiation storm. April 21, 2012
Starbucks to Stop Using Extract Made From Crushed Bugs
Starbucks announced that it will stop using an extract made from crushed cochineal insects in its some of its strawberry drinks, such as its Strawberries & Creme Frappuccino, and select pastries. April 20, 2012
Altaeros Energies Demonstrates Airborne Wind Turbine
Altaeros Energies, a wind energy company, demonstrated its 35-foot-wide Airborne Wind Turbine (AWT) in Limestone, Maine this week. April 20, 2012
NASA Releases Animation of Upcoming Rare Astronomical Event, the Venus Transit
NASA released an animation showing an artist's conception of the upcoming Venus Transit when Venus passes directly between earth and the sun. April 20, 2012
MIT Study Finds Yogurt Eating Mice are Shiny and Have Larger Testicles
Scientific American is reporting that MIT researchers recently fed mice yogurt in order to study the effects of yogurt on obesity. April 20, 2012
NASA Satellite Movie Shows Great Plains Tornado Outbreak from Space
NASA has released an animation of visible and infrared satellite data showing the development and movement of the Great Plains tornado outbreak. April 20, 2012
Autom is a Weight Loss Coach Bot
Autom is a friendly weight loss coach robot from Intuitive Automata. April 20, 2012
Researchers Capture Glimpses of Uranus Auroras
Scientists have captured images of auroras above the giant ice planet Uranus for the first time. April 19, 2012
World's Oldest Living Man Celebrates 115th Birthday
Jiroemon Kimura, the world's oldest living man, has celebrated his 115th birthday in Japan. April 19, 2012
Enterprise and Discovery Space Shuttles Meet Nose-to-Nose at Smithsonian
Space Shuttles Enterprise, left, and Discovery meet nose-to-nose at the beginning of a transfer ceremony at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. April 19, 2012
Sea Slug Photo Wins University of Miami Underwater Photo Contest
Over 700 underwater images were submitted for the 2012 Annual Underwater Photography Contest hosted by the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science. April 19, 2012
British Researchers Discover Breast Cancer is Actually Ten Different Diseases
Researchers at Cancer Research UK have found that breast cancer is at least ten different diseases each requiring different treatments. April 18, 2012
NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Takes New Images of Saturn's Moons Enceladus and Tethys
NASA's Cassini spacecraft took new images of Saturn's moons Enceladus and Tethys on April 14, 2012. April 18, 2012
NOAA Launches Online Viewer That Lets Users Explore Oceans and Undersea Features
NOAA has made sea floor maps and other data on the world's coasts, continental shelves and deep ocean available for easy viewing online. April 18, 2012
Hyraxes are Sophisticated Communicators Say Researchers
A new study, published here in Proceedings of The Royal Society B, says rock hyraxes are sophisticated communicators. April 18, 2012