An underwater forest 60 feet below the surface in the Gulf of Mexico may be harboring life-saving secrets. Researchers found that shipworms and other marine organisms living in tree trunks that grew nearly 60,000 years ago could be used to design new pharmaceuticals. The shipworms pulled from the depths were found to be ‘stuffed full … Read more
Researchers in Norway test how comfortable salmon in a commercial fish farm being monitored by underwater robots instead of human divers A team of scientists in Norway observed 188,000 salmon in a sea cage fish farm They sent a smaller and larger robot into the water to observe the salmon The fish appeared to be … Read more
Is this the end of submarines? Royal Navy is developing a 100ft underwater drone that no enemy can detect World’s largest underwater drone is being developed by the Royal Navy The revolutionary vessel will be piloted remotely from a submarine or ship Its stealth capability is based on its use of batteries rather than a nuclear … Read more
Divers come under attack from furious FISH that bite one of them and ram their underwater camera Angry triggerfish attacked divers off the coast of Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia One diver had two attacking his legs while a second had one approach his face Triggerfish are known to attack divers to defend their nests built … Read more
Bored with standard holiday rentals? Blasé about top-end hotels, or Premier Inns and Travelodges? Never fear — websites are overflowing with madcap options, from sleeping in a former Soviet prison to a suite in a crane in Amsterdam, and a hut in the Arctic. Here are ten of the wackiest… Bed down on an Arctic … Read more
New class of ‘extra-large’ Manta Ray underwater drones will be built by Lockheed Martin after Pentagon awards the firm $12.3 million Lockheed Martin has been chosen by DARPA to start its Manta Ray program The firm received a $12.3 million contract to start the first phase of the program It will have long distance and range … Read more