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Scuba Diver Killed by Shark Off Stratham Beach, Western Australia
A 33-year-old scuba diver was killed yesterday by a shark while scuba diving off the southwest coast of Western Australia. March 31, 2012
New High Resolution Scans Reveal 3D Grid Structure of Monkey and Human Brains
Scientists have released new scans of a monkey brain from a Connectom diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner that reveal a pervasive 3D grid structure with no diagonals. March 31, 2012
Tour the Amazon With Google Street View
Google was invited to the Amazon Basin in August, 2011 to collect ground-level images of the rivers, forest and communities in the Rio Negro Reserve. March 31, 2012
Animated Wind Map Shows Current Wind Speeds in United States
A visually pleasing animated wind map has been created that shows the current wind speeds using wind data that is updated every hour. March 30, 2012
Boxing Robot Shadows a Person's Movements
PC World reports that robot builder Naoki Maru was inspired by the Real Steel movie to make Real King Kizer, a boxing robot that shadows a person's movements. March 30, 2012
NASA Video: Getting to Know the Goldilocks Planet
NASA says its Kepler spacecraft is discovering a veritable avalanche of alien worlds. March 30, 2012
Surveillance Camera Captures Henryville Tornado as it Hit School Bus
Henryville, Indiana was hit by a powerful EF4 tornado on March 2 during the early March 2012 tornado outbreak. March 30, 2012
Crustaceans Work Together to Defend Their Coral Homes From Cushion Seastar Attacks
Researchers have found that crustaceans often work together to defend their coral homes from hungry seastars, like the cushion seastar pictured above. March 30, 2012
Researchers Find Honey Bees Self-Medicate When Colony Threatened by Harmful Fungus
Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that honey bees self-medicate when their colony is infected with a harmful fungus. March 30, 2012
NASA's Landsat Satellites Spot Fields of Crops Springing Up in Syrian Desert
NASA's Landsat satellites have revealed that Saudi Arabia has tapped hidden reserves of water to grow wheat and other crops in the Syrian Desert. March 30, 2012
Study: Caffeine, Amphetamines Make Slacker Rats Work Harder, But Make Worker Rats Lazier
Researchers at the University of British Columbia conducted a study on rats using caffeine and amphetamines. March 30, 2012
Physicists Find Patterns in New State of Matter Called Spontaneous Coherence in Excitons
UC San Diego physicists have produced the most detailed images ever seen of a new property of matter called spontaneous coherence in excitons (bound pairs of electrons and holes). March 29, 2012
Slices of Einsten's Brain on Display at Brains Exhibit in London
The Wellcome Collection in London is running a gallery about the human brain called Brains: The Mind as Matter. March 29, 2012
NASA's Perpetual Ocean Video
NASA Goddard uploaded this video today of a visualization showing ocean surface currents around the world during the period from June 2005 through Decemeber 2007. March 29, 2012
Astronomers Discover Ancient Planets From the Early Universe
European astronomers have discovered an ancient planetary system they think is likely to be a survivor from one of the earliest cosmic eras, 13 billion years ago. March 29, 2012
Human Presence Adds 37 Million Bacteria an Hour to the Air of a Room
Yale University engineers have found that a person's mere presence in a room can add 37 million bacteria to the air for every hour they are in the room. March 29, 2012
Self-Oscillating Gel Could Lead to Artificial Skin That Gives Robots Ability to Feel
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have demonstrated that a nonoscillating gel can be resuscitated in a fashion similar to a medical cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). March 29, 2012
Scientists Declare Exploding Dinosaur Hypothesis False After Measuring Putrefaction Gases in 100 Human Corpses
The 182 million year old fossil of a pregnant ichthyosaur female from Holzmaden (Germany) has puzzled researchers for quite some time. March 29, 2012
Jeff Bezos Finds Apollo 11 Engines on Bottom of Sea Floor, Plans to Raise Them Up
Amazon. March 29, 2012
Electronic Skin Patches Monitor Health Wirelessly
People will one day wear electronic skin patches, resembling tattoos, that diagnose health problems or deliver treatments. March 28, 2012