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Wild blacktip sharks can hear sounds from nearly 250 feet away and pinpoint where they come from; Florida experiments reveal how the predators locate sound underwater

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Wild blacktip sharks can hear sounds from nearly 250 feet away and pinpoint where they come from; Florida experiments reveal how the predators locate sound underwater

Wild blacktip sharks may have a more sophisticated sense of hearing than scientists previously realised. A study by researchers at Florida Atlantic University found that free-swimming sharks can detect low-frequency sounds from as far as 74 metres, or roughly 243 feet, away and respond by turning sharply away from the source. The findings were reported … Read more

US Coast Guard suspends Bermuda-Boston plane search as 66-hour operation fails to locate bodies

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US Coast Guard members search for people after it found debris from a medical transport aircraft off the shore of Massachusetts' Nantucket island on October 3. (via REUTERS)

The United States Coast Guard announced on Sunday evening that they are suspending the search for the passengers on the air ambulance from Bermuda to Boston that went missing over the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday. US Coast Guard members search for people after it found debris from a medical transport aircraft off the shore of … Read more

Around 1200 BC, an inscription named the ancient Egyptian city of Mesen; 3,200 years later it may have helped archaeologists locate the lost city

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Around 1200 BC, an inscription named the ancient Egyptian city of Mesen; 3,200 years later it may have helped archaeologists locate the lost city

A view of the inscriptions and city view of Mesen For more than three millennia, the name Mesen survived in ancient records without a confirmed place on the map. Now, a battered stone inscription found in Egypt’s northern Sinai may have given archaeologists their strongest clue yet to the city’s whereabouts, states an online report … Read more