“There were corals stretched out like the Great Wall,” says Sendhil Kumar, one of three Indian scientists to descend to a depth of 1,000 metres, as part of the Nekton Maldives Mission conducted in September. Kumar in the submersible; his voyage was part of the Nekton Maldives Mission, led by the Maldives government and the UK-based research foundation Nekton. Scientists …
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — Far beneath the waves surrounding the Maldives, there’s a living rainbow in the ocean’s “twilight zone.” Say hello to the rose-veiled fairy wrasse, a colorful species of fish that’s new to science. Claudia Rocha © California Academy of Sciences “What we previously thought was one widespread species of fish, is …
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How many times in the last 12 months have you said to someone that you felt like you were living in “The Twilight Zone”? When the stranger returns with the promised briefcase full of money, he retrieves the button and tells the wife he will be reprogramming it and presenting it to … someone she doesn’t know. But the scariest …