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The Star Tribune points us to a new prehistoric discovery;
Remains of a bus-sized prehistoric “monster” reptile found on a remote Arctic island may be a new species never before recorded, researchers said Tuesday.
Initial excavation on the Svalbard islands, 300 miles north of Norway’s mainland, in August yielded the remains, teeth, skull fragments and vertebrae of [...]

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Physics World points us to an article from the most respected journal in science; Nature. They tell us;
Every so often mariners report the sighting of a huge wave towering up to 30 m above the regular swells of the ocean surface. No-one is sure why these rogue waves form, but now physicists in the US [...]

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We have some bad news to report for mates working the 00-04 watch. Like UV rays and diesel exhaust fumes, working the graveyard shift will soon be listed as a “probable” cause of cancer. The Associated Press tells us;
Next month, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the cancer arm of the World [...]

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Boing Boing and Cryptomundo bring us news of a new species of Killer Whale.
Revealing once again how little we know about our oceans’ inhabitants, researchers announced discovery of two new marine species, including a Dwarf Killer Whale in Antarctica and a new species of beaked whale in the tropical pacific. Loren Coleman has more over [...]

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The University of Washington is embarking on “…a NASA-scale mission to basically enter the Inner Space, and to be there perpetually. What we’re doing is bringing the ocean to the world.” said professor John Delaney. “This is a mission to Planet Ocean”
Today the New York Times published an interesting article on John Delaney’s work. Here [...]

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Boing Boing, The Directory of Wonderful Things , brings us a story that’s seemingly unthinkable:
John Kanzius, a retired TV station owner, believes he’s come up with a way to “burn” saltwater, by bombarding it with microwaves.
The TV reports on this YouTube compilation never dip-below the gee-whiz surface, unfortunately. I’m guessing what’s happening here is the [...]

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Popular mechanics brings us the Trilobis 65 a low cost (relatively) subsea semi-submersible home. They tell us:

At first glance, the Trilobis looks as if it would be more at home soaring into the sky [...]

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Freedom Ship is a concept for a floating city proposed by Norman Nixon of Freedom Ship International.
Current naval engineering techniques are inadequate for the construction of such a large vessel. At present supertankers cannot be made larger because of the enormous stresses imposed on hulls by hogging and sagging in heavy seas, leading to catastrophic [...]

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Fred Fry focused our attention on Popular Science Magazine which has a story on a new concept to scan containers before they reach our ports. The idea is that of SeaAway and is called the ‘Prior to Port’ system and it is currently being patented. In this article Pop Science tells us:
The plan calls for [...]

 

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Telstar Logistics brings us the scoop on the construction of the new Bay Bridge in San Francisco. They write:
We live in a time of many wonders and miracles, and one of them is taking shape in San Francisco Bay. The new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will replace the cantilevered span [...]

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