"Like children blowing little bubbles through rings, these beluga whales are astounding onlookers by learning to blow bubbles of air underwater. The whales have delighted thousands of visitors since being taught...
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These stranded scuba divers, bobbing in shark-infested waters, had seen "Open Water." The movie recounted the tragic story of Tom and Eileen Lonergan, who were left behind by a dive boat in 1988 and were...
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I wonder if golden earwax spoons were considered a sign of prestige 385 years ago. Like if you were shopping and you spotted a cute girl, would you use your golden earwax spoon to show off your bling?" KEY WEST, Fla. - Experts found a tiny gold...
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The 'popular' magazine Popular Science has released its yearly account of the worst jobs in science - "Our annual bottom-10 list, in which we salute the men and women who do what no salary can adequately...
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Observations on the Fijian Coup:
"The internet is a fascinating resource, one can receive news alerts from all over the world … or just one country and learn about how things are getting along.
For...
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"An Australian diver fought himself free from the jaws of a 10ft great white shark that swallowed his head and shoulders and then bit him around the torso.
Eric Nerhus, an abalone diver, told rescuers that he pushed his abalone chisel into the shark's head and poked it in the...
"Australia's pearling industry
The pearling industry was a major economic force for over one hundred years in northern Australia and for business interests in the southern capitals from the 1850s onwards. However, alongside the development of the industry were stories of...
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"Five hundred miles north of Alaska, a group of shipmates from the Coast Guard cutter Healy tossed a football on the blue-and-white, diamond-hard Arctic ice."
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""I just wouldn't get that close as a rule, unless they're used to seeing divers like the ones in Stingray City in the Cayman Islands," a tourist destination with a trained staff, said Borek, a Medway resident. Fishermen used to go to the area to clean their catch, which...
Bright, of Flemington, N.J., resurfaced from a dive late Saturday with decompression sickness and went into cardiac arrest, according to the Coast Guard. He was pronounced dead at Cape Cod Hospital a short time later. Bright was a historian and an experienced technical diver...
"Football Spectator - The stereotypical view of an Italian footballer is of a diver, who tries to cheat and influence the referee. Information Builders’ alternative World Cup statistics confirm this view."