sea
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This New Ocean Simulator Will Test Marine Engineering To Destruction
Ever wondered how engineers check if their designs — from ships to wind turbines — will fair against an aggressive ocean? With something like this new facility at the University of Maine, which uses 32 fans and 16 paddles to simulate the most fierce of marine conditions.
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This Team Discovers 14 New Species An Hour, But They Have An Enemy
You’ve heard that we know more about space than we do the deep ocean. But did you know it’s so unexplored that scientists discover new species just 200-500 feet down, sometimes at a rate of 14 an hour? A (sort of) manmade enemy threatens those efforts though, and they can’t kill, study, and eat it…
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The Syrian Electronic Army Is Infesting News Sites With Popups
The Syrian Electronic Army, a group of pro-Assad-regime hackers, has decided to celebrate today by infesting a bunch of popular news websites with cheery Thanksgiving popups informing people that they have been hacked (spoiler: they haven’t).
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Modified Costa Concordia Is The Strangest Ship To Ever Sail The Sea
Video: The infamous Costa Concordia is sailing again after running aground on the island of Giglio, Italy. Francesco Marinari has filmed this drone video as it’s being transported for scrap to Genoa. It’s so weird. It kind of looks badass thanks to the structure that keeps it afloat — like some kind of Mad Max/Waterworld…