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AI is trained to hear the sound of coral life
Scientists listened to an underwater sound recording off the islands of central Indonesia, hearing what sounded like the bonfire of a coral reef teeming with life.
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Animal world
The strangest spider on Earth: Not living in trees, but preferring to dive into the water, weaving silk to catch fish to eat
What could be more surprising than a spider that has no gills to breathe underwater, but still lives, hunts, and even reproduces underwater?
Animal world
Tropical spiders can hide for 30 minutes underwater
A tropical spider uses air membranes to hide under water and hide from predators for half an hour, surprising scientists.
Archeology
China has an impregnable underwater tomb, even Qin Shi Huang has to 'give up' to return
Qin Shi Huang sent troops to prepare to go to the grave to rob the treasure, but failed because he could not find the entrance, so in the end he had to 'regret' to retur…
Archeology
Detecting an underwater ghost city, in the middle of an 84,000-year-old crater
In the midst of Central America's deepest volcanic lake Atitlán, the mysterious structures of a ghost city have been found after thousands of years of disappearance.
Scientific works
The facts about America's first underwater superweapon
Nuclear-powered submarines will help the US Navy reduce the large number of tankers at sea and reduce the fleet's maritime logistics needs.
Animal world
Sparrows specialize in foraging underwater with super skills of 'diving'
The wings of this bird have a unique mechanism that allows them to both fly in the air, but can also be used as flippers underwater, allowing them to dive deep with incr…
Environment
Why are volcanic tsunamis difficult to predict?
Volcanic tsunamis, like the one in Tonga on January 15, baffle scientists because of their complexity.
History
Which 1,500-year-old 'palace' was once abandoned underwater?
The unique 'Palace' was built nearly 1,500 years ago. Archaeologists call it the 'Forgotten Underwater Palace'.
New technology
Dual drone system that can fly in the air and dive underwater
Engineers have developed a system that combines multi-wing drones and underwater drones that can be used for underwater maintenance inspection and search and rescue.
Technology
China plans to spend 200 billion USD to build an underwater train line, reaching the United States in just 2 days
With big projects such as building a 13,000km train line connecting China and the US, humanity will witness a 'silk railway' bringing unimaginable benefits.
Discover science
Open China's longest underwater highway tunnel
After nearly 4 years of construction, the Taihu tunnel, the longest underwater highway tunnel in China worth $1.56 billion, has come into operation.
Oceanography
See the world's largest population of 'gentle underwater giants'
An all-female security team is working around the clock to track down manta rays in the Maldives, the world's largest population.
Oceanography
Huge volcano erupts from underwater
Scientists have discovered the 820m-high volcano in the western Indian Ocean, off the coast of Madagascar, after a series of extremely puzzling earthquakes.
Environment
Visit the 3000-year-old island nation to admire the world's most unique underwater waterfall
The island nation of Mauritius possesses one of the most magnificent landscapes in the world: Undersea waterfalls. However, is this really a waterfall?