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Ct. High School Students Play Underwater Monoploy Game

Last week, eight high school students in Plainville High School's scuba diving club played a rousing game of underwater Monopoly in their pool's deep end.

Treasure Hunters Search for More Than $1 Billion in Treasure

After nearly a decade of map-studying, mud-sifting, bureaucracy-hurdling, intestines-churning, gunmen-evading, and great expense -- treasure-hunting costs about $20,000 a month! -- Los Caballeros Aventureros recently uncovered 8-10 ancient harquebuses, a trove of black coral-hand …

Indonesian scientists find "prehistoric" fish

Scientists in Indonesia recently photographed at least five living specimens of the coelacanth, a fish so rare it was believed to be extinct for 80 million years.

How Fish Hire a Cleaning Service

Scuba divers have all seen fish getting cleaned at so-called "cleaning stations." But how do fish choose which stations are the best? Apparently, they watch their freinds getting cleaned and choose the stations that do the best job. Sheesh...perverts.

LiveScience.com - Battle in the Brain: How We Make Tough Choices

If you've ever had a headache while trying to choose between a sure thing and a more risky option with higher rewards, it might be because conflicting parts of your brain are waging war against each other.

Biologists and criminalists team up to document underwater crimes

When an environmental disaster occurs, biologists need to know how to handle the information they collect in order to preserve it and present it effectively in court. Consequently, Ken Goddard, director of the U.S.

Family Receives $1.4 Million In Drowning Settlement

Susann Lovejoy was an inexperienced diver using faulty rental equipment. She panicked, spit out her reg, and drowned in 2003. Now, the charter company that took her out -- as well as the gear manufacturer and distributor -- have to pay.

Divers' wetsuits carry pathogens that make coral sick

One of the reasons diver dive is to see coral reefs. However, according to new research, divers' wetsuits might be vectors, transferring bacteria from sick coral to healthy ones.

The World's Coolest Underwater Museums

The beauty of underwater museums is that while "regular" museums remove ancient artifacts from their resting sites, submerged museums preserve them, intact, and in context.

Is Libya the next hot travel destination?

Just as State Department officials announced that Libya will be dropped from America's list of state sponsors of terror, some people are suggesting that the North African country might be the next hot travel/dive destination.

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The Phoenix 1000 Is The Most Luxurious Sub in The World

At $78 million, the 213-foot-long Phoenix features 5000 square feet of living space, large acrylic viewports, and a docking minisub (that can descend to 2000 feet!) for between 2 and 8 passengers. All it needs is an owner.

Review Round-up: Georgia Aquarium - Divester

A round-up of visitor reviews and photos of Georgia's new aquarium.

Lost City of Atlantis: Podcast Interview with Foots - Divester

Foots is an artist who's building a 100,000 square-foot underground city and calling it the Lost City of Atlantis. He's already sunk 175,000 pounds of molded concrete under the water off Cayman Brac, and he's not even close to finished. Link is to a podcast interview with Foots.

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