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Jelly Sea Creatures Disable Entire Nuclear Power Plant [Nuclear Power]
When we last heard from the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, it was under siega by swarms of salp, a gelatinous plankton organism. Last night, the salp won—Diablo Canyon is offline, defeated by the ocean.More »
America: We Gon' Blow Up That Japanese Tsunami Ghost Ship! [Tsunami]
Japanese problem: an abandoned shrimping boat is found adrift near Canada, displaced by last year's tsunami disaster. American solution: let's sink that motherfucker.More »
Our Oceans' Coral Is Dying of... Herpes?? [Science]
Coral around the world is in decline, destroying the natural habitat of thousands of different species. But scientists might have revealed a dirty truth behind the problem: coral could have a bad case of herpes.More »
Five Ways James Cameron Could Have Died on His Mission to the Bottom of the Ocean [Exploration]
Over the weekend, James Cameron successfully made it to the the bottom of the Mariana Trench—the deepest point on Earth. Bad. Ass.More »
This Japanese Ghost Ship Lost in the Tsunami Was Found Floating Near the Coast of Canada [Tsunami]
When the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit Japan last year, it created more than 22 million tons of debris—the size of California, pretty much. Included in that debris was this ghost ship, a 150-foot long squid-fishing boat that's just been found, a year after the tsunami, near the coa...
Playing In the Sand Could Make You Pay On the Toilet [Health]
Some people go to the beach but eschew going into the water because it's "gross". If that's you, then you are a sucker. According to a new EPA study, playing in the sand more than doubles your chances of getting sick.More »
Helicopters Are About to Get Faster Thanks to Humpback Whale Fins [Helicopters]
A helicopter's rotor design may allow for vertical takeoffs but that comes at a price—the backwards moving blade counteracts the helicopter's forward momentum, causing it to stall at high speeds. But one German firm believes that outfitting the blades with bumps inspired by the fins of hump...
Oh Great: Chunks of Fukushima's Corroded Radioactive Uranium Could Survive in the Ocean for Years [Science]
Last march when the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant was disastrously damaged by a tsunami, plant technicians used seawater to cool the meltdown situation. At the time, that was probably the best way to avoid an even worse situation.More »
12 Deep-Sea Diving Suits to Keep the Ocean from Crushing You Like a Walnut [Design]
Turns out that, aside from the drill-arm, Big Daddies aren't that far off from the real thing. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 12 of the toughest examples of deep-sea diving suits around—from da Vinci's cloth prototypes to the bell helmets made famous by countless Scooby-Doo villains....
Expedition White Shark: Tracking the Beast of the Deep [App Of The Day]
Great White Sharks get a bum rap. Sure they'll blindly attack anything they think is food before swimming off in search of delicious sea lions. But who hasn't? Instead of hating on these eating machines of the sea, how about we track them and learn about their wonderful migration. More »
