Dec 07 2010

Titanic Being Eaten by Destructive Bacteria

Tag: Bacteria,Robots,Ship,Shipwreck,TitanicRossella Lorenzi @ 8:09 pm
A new bacterium isolated from the Titanic wreck is accelerating the wreck's disintegration into a pile of dust.

Oct 29 2010

Flying Can Be a Greener Choice Than Driving

Air travel may have many down sides for the planet, but a new study shows that driving a car can often be worse.

Oct 12 2010

WWI-Era Ships Enlisted as Climate Guideposts

Tag: Climate,Ship,World War 1Eric Niiler @ 6:00 am
Citizen scientists can help researchers sift through weather data from these ships, providing critical info about Earth's climate history.

Sep 14 2010

Ancient Medical Kit Held Veggie Pills

Tag: Ancient Rome,Medicine,Ship,ShipwreckRossella Lorenzi @ 7:10 pm
A Roman ship that wrecked nearly 2,000 years ago contained a chest stocked with surgical tools and green pills.

Sep 13 2010

Log of 1912 Arctic Expedition Found

Tag: Arctic Regions,Mystery,Seas,Ship,Survival ExpeditionsDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 6:33 pm
The fate of the Russian crew seeking the ice-choked Northeast Passage had long been shrouded in mystery.

Sep 08 2010

Rogue Wave Prediction Spares Ships, Sailors

Tag: Oceans,Ship,Storms,WavesEric Bland @ 11:00 am
Lighthouses may safeguard ships from the shore, but light waves could keep them out of harm's way in the open ocean.

Aug 27 2010

Titanic Wreck Mapping Begins

Tag: Atlantic Ocean,Ship,Shipwreck,TitanicDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 3:20 pm
A high-tech expedition aims to create the most detailed portrait of the Titanic's final resting place to date.

Aug 04 2010

NASA Mind Training Tackles Motion Sickness

Tag: Astronauts,Cars,Health,Life Science,NASA,Navy,Ship,SpaceflightIrene Klotz @ 3:37 pm
Do you feel woozy during long car rides? NASA researchers believe it's all in the mind and they have a training program to thwart it.

Jul 29 2010

150-Year-Old Lost Ship Found in Arctic

Tag: Arctic Regions,Ship,Shipwreck,Underwater ArchaeologyDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 7:00 pm
In 1850, the vessel embarked on a search mission to follow the trail of a doomed expedition to find the Northwest Passage.

Jul 25 2010

Oil Well ‘Kill’ Delayed, BP Chief Reportedly to Resign

Tag: Cyclones,Hurricanes,Oil Spill,Ship,StormsDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 3:09 pm
The work to plug BP's leaky oil well got back on track Sunday as the skies cleared and crews raced to plug the well for good.

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