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Scientists found a radioactive signature of atomic bomb blasts in crustaceans living in the ocean’s depths,…
Nov 16 2018
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The Earth around the Mariana Trench, which contains the deepest point on the planet, could be slurping up at least…
Nov 29 2017
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The oceans’s deepest point is Challenger Deep, a chasm almost 11000 meters (36,200 feet) below the surface. Few fish…
Aug 25 2017
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Normally, if a story about deep water sea creatures comes along it involves horrifying abominations of nature that…
Feb 13 2017
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Remember Sly Sludge, the villain from the popular 90s cartoon Captain Planet? Probably not, since he was a minor…
Dec 16 2016
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During exploratory missions to the Mariana Trench in 2014 and 2015, scientists recorded mysterious sounds they…
Jun 20 2016
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The Mariana Trench is the deepest spot in the ocean—and it’s home to some strange sights, sounds, and creatures. But…
May 6 2016
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Need a pick-me-up on this dreary Friday afternoon? After checking out some of the nightmare-inducing life forms…
Mar 26 2013
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Last year, James Cameron became the third person in history to venture to the deepest point on Earth, the Mariana…
Mar 18 2013
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Marine biologists have discovered a vibrant community of ecologically important microbes living at the bottom of the…
May 4 2012
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Last month, James Cameron ventured where few had gone before, to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest…
Apr 3 2012
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The folks over at Deep Sea News recently invited a marine biologist, writing under the pen name "Dour Marine…
Mar 27 2012
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Over the weekend, James Cameron became the third person in history to venture to the deepest point on Earth, the…
Mar 26 2012
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Over the weekend, James Cameron successfully made it to the the bottom of the Mariana Trench—the deepest point on…
Mar 26 2012
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Director and science nerd James Cameron is making an attempt to travel to the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of…
Dec 9 2011
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The Pacific Ocean's Mariana trench is so deep, it could accomodate the entirety of Mt. Everest with thousands of…
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Director James Cameron is building a sub that can plunge 36,000 feet beneath the surface of the ocean. If he can…
Oct 5 2008
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Unbeknownst to most of the world, the late super rich adventurer Steve Fossett had started work on an amazing flying…