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☆ YouTuber helps researchers solve the mystery of a 2,000-year-old 'computer'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Known as the Antikythera mechanism, the bronze device is a mechanical computer with interlocking gears. A shipwreck full of ancient treasuresThe Antikythera mechanism is broken and eroded, making it difficult to know exactly how it worked. Associated Press/Petros GiannakourisThe Antikythera mechanism is just one intriguing finding from a 2,000-year-old shipwreck that divers first discovered in 1900. But the Antikythera mechanism is perhaps the most unique discovery of them all. AdvertisementWoan's colleague Joseph Bayley followed up the research by modifying techniques used to study gravitational waves, which are ripples in space-time.

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The debate between Donald J. Trump and President Biden had analysts in Asia fretting. During Thursday night’s debate, President Biden told former President Donald J. Trump that the United States is the “envy of the world.”After watching their performance, many of America’s friends might beg to differ. In Europe and Asia, the back-and-forth between the blustering Mr. Trump and the faltering Mr. Biden set analysts fretting — and not just about who might win the election in November. Image Mr. Biden leaving the debate stage. Kasit Piromya, Thailand’s foreign minister from 2008 to 2011 and a former ambassador to the United States, lamented the state of American politics.

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☆ Kyrenia shipwreck has a new estimate for the year it sank, study says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —A lone diver first laid eyes on the ancient Kyrenia shipwreck off the north coast of Cyprus nearly 60 years ago. The authors of a new study dated almonds found aboard the Kyrenia ship to find a new estimated range of years for when the ancient vessel's last voyage took place. Dating a Hellenistic-era shipTwo main obstacles stood in the way of achieving a high-precision age estimate for the Kyrenia shipwreck, according to Manning. The Kyrenia ship's hull is seen shortly after it was raised from the seabed and reassembled. Kyrenia Ship Excavation“Part of the value of this story is about process.

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☆ The Titanic is overrated, deep-sea explorers say. The wealthy keep venturing to it anyway.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewThe Titanic may be one of the most popular and identifiable wreckage sites in the history of sea travel. It also may be one of the most overrated, deep-sea explorers told Business Insider. Söhnlein's company, Blue Marble Exploration, recently announced it would venture into Dean's Blue Hole, a site in the Bahamas about 660 feet from the surface. Dean's Blue Hole EyesWideOpen/Getty Images"Dean's Blue Hole is an enigma for geologists studying underwater caverns," Blue Marble Exploration's website says. The company adds that it expects to find "human remains" of people who drowned in the blue hole "due to a variety of misfortunes."

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☆ He wore a toga and spoke Latin. This ancient philosopher can help you survive the anxiety of the 2024 election
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

They offered three pieces of Stoic advice for handling the anxiety of this year’s election. Many Stoic leaders would never be labeled as “idiotai.” They were passionately involved in politics and the pursuit of justice. Holiday says Aurelius wrote constantly about justice in his classic book, “Meditations.”Epictetus, the ancient Greek Stoic and philosopher. But the Stoic leaders were known for their courage in standing up to political tyrants. Stoic leaders may seem like distant figures encased in marble, but we can learn from them, Holiday says.

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☆ Newly discovered 3,300-year-old shipwreck ‘changes the understanding’ of sailing in ancient world
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Catherine Nicholls | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A 3,300-year-old ship has been discovered at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, making it one of the oldest shipwrecks ever discovered and rewriting our understanding of sailing in the ancient world, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority. The vessel is estimated to be from the 13th or 14th century BCE, the authority said in a statement. Emil Eljam/Israel Antiquities AuthorityDuring the survey, an “unusual sight of what seemed to be a large cluster of urns” was discovered, Bahartan said. “This is the first and earliest shipwreck discovered to date in the deep sea in the eastern Mediterranean,” he said. “The ship that has just been discovered changes the understanding of sailing in the ancient world,” Sharvit said.

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☆ Ancient Shipwreck Preserves a Deep Bronze Age Time Capsule
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Franz Lidz | Kobi Wolf | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Remains of the oldest shipwreck ever discovered in deep water, and perhaps the oldest complete wreck in any water, have been located in the Mediterranean Sea about 56 miles off the coast of northern Israel. The Israel Antiquities Authority, which announced the find on Thursday, said that preliminary examination of two clay jars known as Canaanite amphorae indicated that the merchant vessel, an estimated 39 to 46 feet long, sank sometime between 1400 B.C. and 1300 B.C., an epoch when the Egyptian empire stretched from what is now northern Syria to Sudan, and the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun briefly sat on the throne. Whether the galley was the victim of a sudden storm, a wayward wind or attempted piracy is unclear. No spectacular new finds have surfaced since then.

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☆ A Vegas investor says he was invited to go on OceanGate's submersible but made up an excuse to get out of the trip because he didn't trust Stockton Rush's safety claims
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewJay Bloom, a Las Vegas investor, says he was offered seats on OceanGate's Titan submersible but got nervous about safety and lied about a scheduling conflict to get out of it. "And he's telling me that it's safer than flying helicopters, it's safer than scuba diving, and safer than crossing the street." AdvertisementBloom told Newsweek that he and his son then made up a scheduling conflict and bowed out of the June 2023 dive. The Titan submersible set off to explore the Titanic wreck on June 18 but lost contact with its support ship within two hours. AdvertisementStill, Bloom told Newsweek that he might be willing to venture to the wreck of the Titanic if it were a Navy expedition or one guided by James Cameron.

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☆ Ernest Shackleton’s Quest shipwreck has finally been found
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew of 27 men set off aboard the HMS Endurance in 1914. A search expedition found the HMS Endurance wreck in 2022, and now, another part of Shackleton’s legacy has been recovered. Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesAn international team of experts using sonar has located the exploration ship Quest, once captained by Shackleton, off the coast of Canada. — A botanist spotted a tiny plant species new to science growing in an unlikely place on the slopes of the Andes.

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☆ The ocean is still largely unexplored. Underwater tech could help illuminate its mysteries.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Sarah Sloat | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

But below the surface, the mini marine sanctuary is also a test bed for underwater technology that may take researchers to literal new depths. In the ocean, Underwater IoT could look like floating sensors, swarms of crewless vehicles, or a tetherless, wireless robot. Interest in ocean IoT is increasing because of its potential scientific, military, commercial, and conservation applications. AdvertisementWaleed Akbar, a research assistant at the MIT Media Lab, said that while developing underwater IoT is challenging, it's necessary. There's also the issue of energy consumption: Generally, preliminary underwater IoT devices have used batteries with limited capacity.

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☆ Ernest Shackleton’s ‘last ship’ Quest found on ocean floor
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Shipwreck hunters have found the vessel Quest — once captained by renowned Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton — largely intact on the ocean floor, 15 nautical miles off the coast of Canada, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society has announced. Quest carries not only the history of his voyages, but potentially artifacts from expeditions that continued until 1962, when the vessel sank, experts say. Quest sank on May 5, 1962, after being crushed by ice in the Labrador Sea off of Canada, according to the news release. The Quest sank on May 5, 1962, after being crushed by ice in the Labrador Sea off of Canada. “He’s just an excellent example of a leader who made himself and his team capable of making the impossible possible.”It is noteworthy that a handful of men on Shackleton’s Quest expedition were also on Endurance’s expedition turned survival mission, Koehn said.

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☆ Meet Billionaire Larry Connor Who Plans to Take Submersible to Titanic
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Billionaire Larry Connor will travel to the Titanic shipwreck site in a two-person submersible. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAn Ohio billionaire who's flown to space and explored the Mariana Trench has set his sights on a new adventure: the Titanic shipwreck. Real estate investor Larry Connor, 74, will take the ocean voyage with Patrick Lahey, cofounder and CEO of Triton Submarines. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: Larry Connor, Connor, —, who's, Mariana Trench, Patrick Lahey Organizations: Service, Triton Submarines, Business Locations: Ohio

☆ Billionaire Plans Dive to the Titanic in a Newly Designed Submersible
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Emily Schmall | Orlando Mayorquín | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A real estate billionaire in Ohio is planning an underwater voyage to the site of the Titanic shipwreck, where a submersible imploded on its approach to the sea floor a year ago, killing all five passengers on board. Shortly after the OceanGate disaster, Larry Connor, 74, a real estate investor and amateur adventurer, contacted the co-founder of Triton Submarines, Patrick Lahey, imploring him to build a submarine that could reach the depths of the Titanic safely and repeatedly, according to The Wall Street Journal. The two men aim to explore and conduct scientific research at the site, located off the coast of Newfoundland, 12,500 feet under the sea, in a two-person submersible that Triton is designing in the summer of 2026. “Ours is just not a trip to the Titanic,” Mr. Connor said in an interview on Tuesday. “It’s a research mission.”

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☆ San José: Colombia launches expedition to explore 300-year-old Spanish shipwreck filled with sunken treasure
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Heather Chen | Michael Rios | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The images will then be used to build an inventory of the archaeological discoveries on the seabed. But it has also sparked a multi-billion dollar legal battle. Colombia maintains that it first discovered the San José in 2015 with help from international scientists. SSA has launched a legal battle against the Colombian government in the Permanent Court of Arbitration, claiming it is entitled to approximately $10 billion – half the estimated value of the shipwreck’s treasure. The loss of the San José and its cargo was said to have caused financial hardships to merchants throughout Europe and the New World, according to reports released by SSA.

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☆ Court Drops Charges in Deadly Wreck in Mediterranean
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Niki Kitsantonis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Nearly a year after one of the deadliest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea, off southern Greece, a court in Kalamata dropped criminal charges on Tuesday against nine Egyptians charged in connection with the tragedy. The court deemed that Greece did not have the jurisdiction to try the case, as the trawler sank in international waters. Lawyers for the defendants, who were on the trawler when it sank but were accused of smuggling and other crimes, hailed the decision as belated justice. But the court did not rule on whether the Egyptian men were guilty or not — only that the case was not for Greece to decide. Survivors’ testimonies said that women and children were onboard, too, but on lower decks and unable to escape.

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☆ Nine Rescued in Atlantic After Days on Wreckage of Migrant Boat
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Emma Bubola | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After a migrant boat sank and about 50 of its passengers went missing in the Atlantic Ocean off northwestern Africa, nine survivors endured two days on the semi-submerged wreck before they were found, according to Spanish rescuers. The rescue happened on Monday near the coast of the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago and a destination along a migration route on which, experts say, many other shipwrecks are likely to have gone unreported. The rescue occurred after a merchant ship reported a sinking vessel 60 nautical miles south of El Hierro, an island in the far west Canaries, said Carmen Lorente Sánchez, a spokeswoman for the Spanish maritime safety and rescue organization. She said rescuers found nine people on board and took them to the island’s airport. The survivors later told the authorities that the shipwreck had occurred two days earlier and that around 60 people were on board when they departed from Senegal, Ms. Sanchez added.

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☆ Researchers discovered a 137-year-old shipwreck in the depths of Lake Michigan using sonar imagining
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Researchers used sonar to locate a long-lost shipwreck in Lake Michigan. The 135-foot ship sank in 1886 after colliding with another boat. Last year, the group announced the discoveries of a 190-foot cargo vessel that sank in Lake Huron amid blustery winds in 1894 and a 140-foot schooner that sank in Lake Michigan in 1881. The Hickox "plowed into the side of the Milwaukee," according to the shipwreck association, nearly capsizing the ship. Nearly two hours after the crash, the Milwaukee sank beneath the waters.

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Read previewA container ship crashed into a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing its collapse into the Patapsco River. Baltimore first responders called the situation a "developing mass casualty event" and a "dire emergency," per The Associated Press. pic.twitter.com/ipoTR2HljY — Harford Co., MD Fire & EMS (@HarforCoFireEMS) March 26, 2024The vessel is the Dali, a Singapore-flagged container ship about 984 feet long, and 157 feet wide, per a listing on VesselFinder. The Dali's owner is listed as Grace Ocean, a Singapore-based firm, and its manager is listed as Synergy Marine, which is also headquartered in Singapore. AdvertisementStaff for Grace Ocean declined to comment on the crash when contacted by Business Insider.

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☆ What we know about the ship that crashed into and took down the Maryland bridge
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday was the Dali, a Singapore-flagged vessel. The container ship is about 984 feet long and up to 157 feet wide, while the bridge is part of I-695. AdvertisementA container ship crashed into a key bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday morning, causing part of the structure to collapse into the Patapsco River. A livestream showed vehicles traveling on the Francis Scott Key Bridge just moments before the impact at around 1:28 a.m., indicating that the collapse caught at least several people. According to ship tracking data, the vessel is a Singapore-flagged container ship called the Dali.

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☆ It’s a Golden Age for Shipwreck Discoveries. Why?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Michael Levenson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Some were fabled vessels that have fascinated people for generations, like Endurance, Ernest Shackleton’s ship that sank in the Antarctic in 1915. No matter their place in history, more shipwrecks are being found these days than ever before, according to those who work in the rarefied world of deep-sea exploration. He added: “We’re in a transitional phase where the true period of deep-sea and ocean exploration in general is truly beginning.”So what’s behind the increase? Shipwreck hunters are also looking for wrecks for their historical value, rather than for sunken treasure. And climate change has intensified storms and beach erosion, exposing shipwrecks in shallow water.

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☆ Expedition to 300-year-old shipwreck that could hold Spanish treasure of gold and emeralds worth $20 billion
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Colombia sending a deep-water expedition to explore the 300-year-old San José shipwreck. The Spanish galleon, discovered in 2015, is believed to hold treasures worth up to $20 billion. A 300-year-old shipwreck in the Caribbean is believed to hold gold and silver coins, emeralds, and other sunken treasures that could be worth $20 billion. On Friday, Colombia's government unveiled plans for a groundbreaking deep-water expedition to explore the legendary galleon, San José, dubbed the "holy grail of shipwrecks." In the ship's hold was accumulated wealth taken from Spain's colonies in South America, including 116 steel chests full of emeralds and millions of gold and silver coins.

Persons: Colombia's, San José Organizations: Business Locations: Colombia, José, Spanish, Caribbean, San, Cartagena, South America

☆ Want to try this beef snack? Join the 43-year waitlist
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Taste of JapanIn Takasago City, Japan, a brand of frozen Kobe beef croquettes is so popular that the waiting list is longer than most mortgages. Bakery chain Kimuraya is advancing that further by using AI to produce “romance bread” targeted at the nation’s love-averse youth. The Japanese island of Kyushu is where sugar was first introduced to the country by the Portuguese in the 16th century. The island retains a sweet tooth to this day and is home to Japan’s most beloved sweet treats. Try to squeeze in as many as you can on a trip to the region.

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☆ Canada shipwreck: A fierce storm uncovered a mysterious vessel, now another could destroy it
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The Cape Ray shipwreck is an example of a wider phenomenon, experts say, where climate change-fueled storms are uncovering the world’s underwater history — but also destroying it. Shawn Bath, of the Clean Harbours Initiative, works to secure the shipwreck in Cape Ray, Newfoundland, Canada. Courtesy Shawn Trevor/Clean Harbours InitiativeA section of shipwreck that washed ashore is seen in Cape Ray, Canada. Forecasts suggest wind gusts of 25 mph around Cape Ray with waves up to 20 feet. In Cape Ray, Croft and Bath are doing all they can to protect the mysterious wreck.

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WHITEFISH POINT, Mich. (AP) — Shipwreck hunters have discovered a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1940, taking its captain with it, during a storm off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. But as the Arlington and a larger freighter, the Collingwood, made their way across Lake Superior they encountered dense fog and then a storm after nightfall that battered both ships. The crew, “out of fear for their lives, and without orders from Captain Burke,” began to abandon ship, they said in a statement. Reports indicate he was last seen near its pilothouse, waving at the Collingwood, minutes before his ship vanished into the lake. “It’s exciting to solve just one more of Lake Superior’s many mysteries, finding Arlington so far out in the lake," Fountain said in a statement.

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☆ A Shipwreck Is Found in Lake Superior. Its Captain’s Behavior Remains a Mystery.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Christine Hauser | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As the S.S. Arlington, a Canadian ship carrying wheat across Lake Superior, started to sink in stormy weather on May 1, 1940, its crew clambered into a lifeboat and then gazed upon a strange sight. There, across the stormy waters, was their captain, Frederick Burke, known as Tatey Bug, waving to them from the Arlington’s deck, moments before he went under with his ship. The odd behavior of the captain, a solitary figure who was left alone after his men escaped, remains a mystery. And it is likely that an explanation, like the ship itself, will never surface, according to researchers at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, which announced on Monday that the Arlington had been found off the coast of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. “The question is whether he was saying, ‘Hey, hold the lifeboat’ or waving goodbye,” said Dan Fountain, a researcher who volunteers with the historical society and first detected the abnormality in the lake floor that led to the discovery of the Arlington last year.

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