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Severe Storms Disrupt Ben Lecomte's Record-Setting Swim

Intense weather wracks the Pacific as Ben and the Seeker crew maneuver to avoid dangerous typhoons and tropical storms.

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Conservation

How Seeker Will Collect the Most Extensive Data Set of the Pacific Ocean

Earth

Plastic Pollution Is a Common Sight on Ben Lecomte’s Historic Swim

Earth

Swimmer Ben Lecomte Is Catching a Ride on Japan’s Black Current

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VR

Hang Gliding Above the Ocean

in 360º

Hang Gliding Above the

Ocean in 360º

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Riding Shotgun in a Fighter Jet

Grab a g-suit and experience what it’s like to fly in a jet aircraft

VR

Diving Underwater With Elusive Devil Rays

Devil rays are mysterious sea creatures that are rarely seen in the wild. With their population dwindling, biologists are racing to learn more about these rays before they disappear.

VR

Standing in the Flames of a Prescribed Burn

To prevent mega-wildfires from spiraling out of control, technicians set landscapes ablaze on purpose.

Energy

How Close Are We to Fusion

Energy?

How Close Are We to Fusion

Energy?

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NASA Is Going to The Sun, Here’s Why That’s So Crazy

Space

What Does It Sound Like When Black Holes Smash Into Each Other?

Health

Will Supercomputers Create Virtual Maps of Your Body in the Future?

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Space

Here's Everything You Need to

Know About Saturn's Iconic

Rings

Here's Everything You Need

to Know About Saturn's

Iconic Rings

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Space

What Is the Shape of the Universe?

Unlike the Earth, the universe might actually be flat! But how do scientists know that if we can’t observe it?

Space

This Alien Planet Hunter Is About to Retire, Now What?

Kepler is finally retiring after nine long years of searching for exoplanets. Let’s look back on its history and celebrate the little spacecraft that could.

Space

Ion-Powered Rockets Could Take Us to Distant Planets in a Fraction of the Time

Chemical rockets powered the space age, but we've taken them about as far as we can. Several new propulsion systems are on the horizon for future deep space travel, from accelerating xenon ions to harnessing the power of the sun.

Tech

In the Future, Broken Devices

Could Heal Themselves

In the Future, Broken

Devices Could Heal

Themselves

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Health

Are A.I. Robot Brothels the Future of Human Sexuality? (Part 3 of 3)

What does the future of sex look like? Robots. Probably, robots.

Animals

Bees’ Tiny Brains Could Change How We Engineer Computers

Bees are insanely smart, and now scientists have shown they understand the concept of zero. How could this lead to more efficient computers?

Tech

Could Magnonics Spark the Extinction of Electronics?

Using magnets to power electronics may soon become a reality with new research in the field of magnonics.

Earth

Fly With Hurricane Hunters as

They Enter the Eye of a Storm

Fly With Hurricane Hunters

as They Enter the Eye of a

Storm

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Artificial Intelligence Is Mapping the Pacific Ocean’s Secret Soundscape | The Swim

Dr. Hervé Glotin and his team have developed artificial intelligence models that aim to decipher 3,000 hours of underwater recordings from Seeker's trans-Pacific journey. If they are successful, they will build the most comprehensive dataset of its kind – an enormous "sound postcard of the ocean."

Earth

Pacific Ocean Storms Are Becoming Stronger And More Frequent

Typhoons are becoming more destructive — here’s why.

Earth

Why You Can’t Just Swim Straight Across The Ocean | The Swim

Ben Lecomte’s route across the Pacific took years of planning, with input from meteorologists, oceanographers, and salty sailors alike – but it turns out this wild ocean packs some punches that can’t be anticipated.

Health

We Didn’t Think This Part of

the Brain Existed, And It

Could Save Your Life

We Didn’t Think This

Part of the Brain Existed,

And It Could Save Your

Life

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Quantum Diamond Sensors Could Give Us a New Look Inside Our Bodies

Quantum sensors may soon be able to detect subatomic interactions inside the cells in your body, here’s how.

Health

How Do Cochlear Implants Work?

When hearing aids aren't enough, some turn to cochlear implants to help with hearing loss -- here's how they work.

Culture

Weather Report in F Major: New

Orleans Musician Turns Weather

Data Into Sound

Weather Report in F Major:

New Orleans Musician Turns

Weather Data Into Sound

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Culture

Bad Science: The Fiction and the Reality of The Matrix

Seeker’s Bad Science podcast discusses how the 1999 film predicted today’s debates about AI, neurokinetics, and epistemology.

Culture

First Americans Likely Immigrated Along Interior and Coastal Routes

Researchers may have finally solved the debate over how the first Americans arrived on the continent.