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  An inside look at the first solo trip to the deepest point of the Atlantic

  To reach the bottom of all five oceans, this Texas businessman commissioned “the most significant vehicle since Apollo 11.”

  ... ,000-foot round-trip journey to the ocean floor and back at approximately ... —a veteran of deep sea exploration whose Five Deeps uniform patch ...

  By Josh Dean
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  Alcohol Hand Sanitizers Will Keep You Healthy And Safe

  FDA wants to make this official and recently asked to know more

  ... on what officially are called topical antimicrobial drug products - most ... been a significant amount of research performed to address these issues ...

  By Jason Tetro
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  The most important science policy issue in every state

  A state-by-state breakdown of policies that could change your community.

  ... received a proposal for seismic exploration of the 1.6-million-acre plain this ... the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder could help officials ...

  By April Reese
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  Notes from the 2005 Pop!Tech Conference, Camden, Maine

  ... Robotic exploration of the very deep oceans. Runs the Monterey Bay Aquarium research ... institute Comparison between space and ocean exploration ...
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  Another League Under the Sea: Tomorrow's Research Subs Open Earth's Final Frontier

  Armed with better batteries and stronger materials, new submersibles aim to go deeper than ever before and open up the whole of the unexplored ocean to human eyes

  ... allotted only $330 million for ocean research.) The first stage, an upgrade ... be a great era of ocean exploration," he says. "They're going to ...
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  For this deep-sea archaeologist, finding the Titanic at the bottom of the sea was just the start

  Now Robert Ballard hopes to find evidence of humans who migrated into North America.

  ... of E/V Nautilus, the 50-crew ­research ship Ballard commands. Ballard's crew ... , it's a sweet spot of ocean exploration. “The shallow explorers quit when ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  Living Fossils

  These mysterious creatures exist today more or less unevolved from the forms they had hundreds of millions of years ago

  The term "living fossil" is an imperfect concept, which has caused much consternation among paleontologists and biologists as they have sifted through the fossil record over time. It is meant to describe an organism that ...
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  Buzz Aldrin Wants To Send People On A One-Way Trip To Mars

  In a wide-ranging interview with PopularScience.com, Aldrin talks about a mission to Mars, 34 years of sobriety and the future of American leadership in space.

  ... U.S. president should commit by 2019 to sending humans to Mars ... "incensed" that most current space exploration prototypes look like Apollo--and he ...

  By Rebecca Boyle
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  Europa Is The New Mars: How Sci Fi Follows Science

  With the upcoming release of the major motion picture Europa Report, a couple of Jet Propulsion Lab scientists explain how science fiction has evolved in response to our growing understanding of space.

  ... , NASA has made this 'ocean moon' an exploration priority. Excitement about the ... , and Paul Hayne is a research scientist at the Jet Propulsion ...
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  Where will Earth's continents go next?

  I study the motion of the ocean through rocks.

  ↑ Ross Mitchell, research fellow at the School of ... the process, eliminate an ocean. But which ocean closes is the subject ...
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  How scientists are preparing for a world without antibiotics

  5 strategies for beating antibiotic resistance

  ... ,” Zhang says. In their first exploration, the nanosponges soaked up the ... the short term is probably topical application,” de la Fuente says. ...

  By Kate Baggaley
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  Rare Earth Metal Balls Found Beneath The Atlantic Ocean

  The ancient deposit could be good news for tech companies

  ... elements from the ocean floor. The start of exploration raises a lot ... research organization (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel) that partnered on the research ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  At 81, this record-breaking diver isn't done exploring the ocean's depths

  “As long as I'm breathing,” Sylvia Earle says, “I'll be diving.”

  ... critical to the health of oceans. She lobbies governments and citizens ... Another venture Earle started, Deep Ocean Exploration and Research Marine, makes crewed subs ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  Can Marine Life Survive More Acid Oceans?

  As the seas absorb more carbon dioxide, their pH drops.

  ... the ocean's pH due to human-propelled fossil fuel emissions. Her research is ... ), was inspired to begin the research by a commercial urchin diver ...

  By Emily Gertz
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  The 49-Year History Of One Of Science's Most Storied Subs

  The humble submersible Alvin has triumphed over sinking and swordfish, and taken ocean exploration to new depths.

  ... enter the gallery The deep-sea exploration vehicle Alvin has had a ... launch in 1964, the three-person research vessel has made more than ...
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  China Building Coastal Energy Lab to House World's Deepest-Rated Sub, Search For Undersea Energy

  ... at a new multi-million-dollar energy research station, a Chinese deep-sea sub ... China's energy appetite. China's energy exploration program began in 2002 with ...

  By Rebecca Boyle
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  Daily Rub-On Contraceptive Skin Gel Could Replace The Pill

  ... regular moisturization routine. A new topical contraceptive gel that works in ... sense of sexual desire. The topical gel is similar to the ...

  By Clay Dillow
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  Six Months After The Leak, We Survey The Deepwater Horizon Disaster Up Close

  We spent twenty-four hours on a Greenpeace boat in the Gulf of Mexico looking for oil and dispersant among marine life. On the six-month anniversary of the leak, we report back

  ... organization's support of independent scientific research, like its current campaign to ... the helm. Representatives from Deep Ocean Exploration and Research (DOER), the marine consulting ...

  By Jennifer Abbasi
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  A Topically Applied Skin Lotion That Modifies Your Genes

  ... as simple as applying a topical lotion, with nanoscale compounds soaking ... hair. When dispersed in a topical lotion, the nucleic acid clumps ...

  By Rebecca Boyle
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  Archive Gallery: PopSci's Arctic Adventures

  Stories of reindeer, walruses, and Mars simulations

  In spite of its harsh environment and dangerous terrain, we just can't help but be drawn to the Arctic. Scientists and settlers alike have made the trek (or sent their tech) up to and over the far North and PopSci has ...
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  The Year's Most Amazing Scientific Images

  Each issue of Popular Science opens with Megapixels--two of the most amazing images from the world of science and technology that month. Here, we've compiled them all from 2009 for your viewing pleasure, with some ...
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  Continuous Surveillance Will Yield Clues About Life Under the Sea

  "Cabled observatories" will give scientists a better picture of the unknown

  ... of Marine Life, an international research initiative, last year documented some ... save the seas: money. NASA's exploration budget is 900 times that ...
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  The ocean floor is littered with adorable octopuses (and actual garbage)

  Alongside the wild natural beauty, some evidence of humans.

  ... live multiple miles beneath the ocean surface, which makes them exceedingly ... Sanctuary. Like most of the ocean floor, researchers aren't entirely sure ...

  By Sara Chodosh
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  The 2018 hurricane season was full of extremes. Here's what we expect in 2019.

  Both the Atlantic and Pacific areas saw a record number and intensity of storms.

  ... into monsters in the Atlantic Ocean because there are more opportunities ... countries that border the Atlantic Ocean have now endured several back-to-back ...

  By Dennis Mersereau