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Heard about the pigcam? While the Science Museum of Minnesota is hosting the CSI exhibit this winter we are digging deeper into forensic science. We have some expert scientists who study bugs at the scene of a crime and even real murder scenes here in Minneapolis. But most people's favorite feature is the pigcam, and we have a new video for you. Curious? Check it out, but I must warn you the videos do feature some graphic decay.
Tags : Flooding in Brazil's Santa Catarina state has left at least 28 dead and more than 18,000 homeless.
The rain-fueled flooding in southern Brazil affected 1.5 million residents and cut off four cities -- Rio dos Cedros, Pomerode, Itapoá and Benedito Novo -- from the rest of the nation, Agencia Brasil reported. CNN
Check-out this website! You can see a 3D cube model of a brain MRI.
Three volcanoes in South America have become quite active. Here's a video report from National Geographic. One volcano in Ecuador is so active that it suspended flights into Quito's airport for a while.
There's been burst of pyramid news coming from Egypt. Last week we had a report of a new 4,300-year-old pyramid being discovered in Saqqara. Now we have information about a new theory that much of the Great Pyramid was built from an internal tunnel and ramp. Learn more about it here.
Investigations into the 2007 collapse of the I-35W bridge are wrapping up and being reported. Here's an interesting report on what role the sun and its energy may have played in the timing of the bridge's collapse on that fateful Aug. 1 day. Oh, and my apologies to Elton John for swiping his lyrics for the headline of this post.
Liza might have posted this somewhere already, but in case you missed it, here's a great video on the work being done at the Body Farm. Warning, it is graphic.
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued its ruling on the sonar conflict between the U.S. Navy and Pacific ocean whales. You're happy if you're the Navy, sad if you're a whale. Here's the link to the initial report of the case from earlier this fall.
John Hart, a professor at the University of Michigan, has created a super-small tribute to President-elect Obama using 150 million nanotubes. (Each one is less than a millimeter in diameter and can only be seen through a microscope.)
A text-messaging elephant: Technology comes to the rescue of Kenyan farms
We've had plenty of discussion about text messaging here on the Buzz recently. Here's a video report about a novel use of that technology in Kenya, where a wild elephant sends regular text messages about his whereabouts for an amazing reason. What I don't get is how his big hoofs and type on those little cellphone keypads.
OMG: Here's another video report on a monk seal in Greece that texts reports of her daily activities to an animal shelter that rehabbed her from injuries. And here's a link on that story to a report of a crocodile that sends text messages to scientists. What's come over these animals?
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