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Drain the Oceans

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Pull the plug on the ocean to reveal hidden secrets and lost worlds, using ground-breaking technology, breath-taking photography and insight from top marine archaeologists. Explore sunken cities, shipwrecks and the amazing natural wonders of the deep.

Follow Video Electronic 'Skin' Creates Robots From Ordinary Objects Sept. 19, 2018 - When NASA put out a call for soft robotic technologies, Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio and her team at Yale University replied with something remarkable: robotic skins that can wrap around everyday objects, turning almost anything into a moving, grasping robot.

Electronic 'Skin' Creates Robots From Ordinary Objects

Follow Video Great Innovators: The Rise Of Australian Wine Actor and devoted winemaker Sam Neill explores the last century of Australian red winemaking. More than just a product of rich soil and golden coastlines, this is an industry built on ingenuity, imagination and science.

Great Innovators: The Rise Of Australian Wine

Follow Video Great Innovators: The Rise Of Australian Wine Actor and devoted winemaker Sam Neill explores the last century of Australian red winemaking. More than just a product of rich soil and golden coastlines, this is an industry built on ingenuity, imagination and science.

Great Innovators: The Rise Of Australian Wine

Follow Video Future Of Australian Wine Just how far has Australian wine come after decades of perfecting its style? Sam Neil takes us through what the future may hold for Australian wine on the global stage.

Future Of Australian Wine

Follow Photos Intimate Moments in Indigenous Amazonian Communities

Intimate Moments in Indigenous Amazonian Communities

Otter Family Fights a Tailless Crocodile—Who Wins?

News Otter Family Fights a Tailless Crocodile—Who Wins?

Experts explain why a group of otters charged a crocodile—and the unexpected result.

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Orcas in the Wild

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Electronic 'Skin' Creates Robots From Ordinary Objects

News Electronic 'Skin' Creates Robots From Ordinary Objects

Developed for a NASA project, the soft sheets full of high-tech gear can turn almost anything into a versatile automaton.

Follow Photos SEE PLUTO GET MORE AMAZING THROUGH TIME

SEE PLUTO GET MORE AMAZING THROUGH TIME

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See Photos of Life Side-by-Side in North and South Korea

News See Photos of Life Side-by-Side in North and South Korea

Photographer Ed Jones has rare, regular access to North Korea, but is based in South Korea—the perfect setup to document how life in both countries can be similar.

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SUPERMOON PICTURES

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This Amount of Plastic Kills Sea Turtles

News This Amount of Plastic Kills Sea Turtles

Sea turtles are eating plastic, but how much plastic is too much?

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